Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 16, 1985, Docket No. 84-R3D1-1062 (Buena Park, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Thomas J. Skalla, Superintendent. For DOSH: James Brown, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1540(j)(2) (excavations) was affirmed, with $175 penalty.
Excavations, Undermined Pavement Must Be Supported to Carry All Anticipated Loads---Employer, Not Relieved of Safety Obligation Where Employee Acted on Another Employer's Instructions.
Employer, a pipeline contractor, was installing a water line. A telephone conduit was accidentally ruptured. "An employee of the Employer had been assigned to ex
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