Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated February 5, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R5D2-303 and 304 (La Mirada, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Don Norell, Manager Field Operations. For DOSH: Dale E. Walstrom, Associate CSE.
An alleged repeat/general violation of 3659(a) (forklift platform mast edge guards) was vacated; a repeat/serious violation of 3657(a) (forklift platform guardrails), with $600 penalty, was affirmed.
Forklifts, Guarding Work Platforms---Violation, Proof of Noncompliance Plus Employee Exposure Required to Establish. An employee fell from a work platform elevated by a high-lift truck. He was working from the platf
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