Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 21, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R3D1-730 thru 732 (Costa Mesa, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Paul D. McClary Jr., Attorney. For DOSH: James T. Brown, District Manager.
A willful/serious violation of 1540(d) (excavations, general) was affirmed, with the proposed $3,750 penalty reduced to $2,000. A serious violation of one related trenching order, 1540(j)(2), with $125 penalty, and a general violation of another, 1540(n)(2), were also affirmed, together with a general violation of 1598(a) (traffic control for public streets and highways).
Trench, Unshored, Foreman's Willful Violation--
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