Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 9, 1985, Docket No. 84-R2D3-662 (Belden, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Jon Corley, Project Manager. For DOSH: John A. Macfarlane, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1590(a)(5) was affirmed, with $150 penalty.
Haulage and Earthmoving Equipment, Exposed Employees Must Wear Flagging Garments or Equivalent. Two employees, one wearing a flagging vest and the other not, were walking near a bulldozer and other heavy equipment. The employee without the vest was training the other as a grade-checker. Employer contended that the employee not wearing a vest was not actually working
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