Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 17, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R1D4-1096 thru 1098 (Stockton, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: James R. Hinson, Safety and Health Consultants. For DOSH: Helen Hoban Rogers, Graduate Student Assistant.
An alleged serious violation of 1632(a) (guarding floor openings) was vacated, along with its $110 penalty.
Floor Openings, Guarding, Exposure Must Be Proved to Uphold Citation---Evidence, Conjecture and Speculation Insufficient to Establish Exposure.
"8 Cal. Adm. Code 1632(a) requires floor openings to be guarded by secure covering or by guardrailing. In the instance case the eviden
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