Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 17, 1985, Docket No. 84-R2D3-1133 (Oroville, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John C. Schroder, Jr., Attorney. For DOSH: William T. Brucker, CSE.
One serious violation of 1596(a)(1) was affirmed. The penalty was reduced from $280 to $175 and affirmed.
Seatbelts, Nonuse---Defense, Employee Misconduct, Employer's Safety Duty Nondelegable.
"There was no dispute in the evidence - employees of Employer were operating scrapers and a bulldozer equipped with seatbelts under conditions that required that they be used, and they were not used.
"The violation of the safety order was establi
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