Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated August 17, 1984, Docket No. 83-R1D5-1170 (Belmont, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Stephan A. Williams, Associate CSE.
Alleged general violations of 1644(a)(3) and (6) (metal scaffolds) were vacated.
Evidence, Uncorroborated Hearsay, Insufficient to Establish Employment. Employer was cited for allowing use of a scaffold lacking adequate base material under the uprights, with a gap exceeding 10 inches between the outside edge of the work platform and the outer guardrail. The Division's engineer testified that the two employees on the scaffold s
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