Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 14, 1984, Docket No. 84-R1D1-242 (San Francisco, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Frank S. Anderson, President. For DOSH: Frank J. Kielian, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and life lines) was affirmed, with $50 penalty.
An employee working on a 10-inch-wide plank 50 feet above ground at an exterior window opening was not wearing an approved safety belt and lifeline and was not otherwise protected from a fall, in contravention of 1670(a). The violation was established as serious based on probability of serious injury or death should a fall occ
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