Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 30, 1985, Docket No. 84-R4D2-760 (Santa Ana, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Donald Kral, Vice President. For DOSH: John Ford, CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1621(a) (railings and toeboards) was vacated, with proposed $150 penalty.
Guardrails and Toeboards, Safety Order Inapplicable to Employee Protection at Edge of Excavation. The Division's engineer inspected a trench "13 feet wide, 20 feet deep and several hundred feet long. . . The shoring consisted of solid steel sheathing with each individual section measuring 20 feet. Two Rados employees were placing paper over t
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