Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated July 24, 1985, Docket No. 84-R5D1-406. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; L. A. Harrington, Member.
The Appeals Board reversed that part of the ALJ decision of November 21, 1984 (Digest 15,956) setting at $200 the penalty for serious violation of 5208(c)(2), failure to clean up an asbestos spill promptly. The Board affirmed the violation and affirmed the Division's proposed statutory penalty of $1,000.
Asbestos, Serious "Use" Violations Penalty Must Be Zero or at Least $1,000, Ruled Applied in Failure to Clean Up Spill Promptly.
"...Employer had been engaged for upwards of 6 months in the install
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