Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated January 10, 1985, Docket No. 84-R5D1-613 (Van Nuys, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Rocco A. Chidoni, Owner. For DOSH: Al Ghaffari, CSE.
A willful/regulatory violation of 341.1(i)(2), requiring notice to the Division prior to commencement of excavation, was affirmed.
Following inspection of Employer's excavation site which was well underway, the Division received the required notification and although the letter was dated May 24, 1984, the envelope was postmarked May 29, the date of the inspection. The willful designation was based on a similar, prior violation and obvious Employe
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