Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 19, 1985, Docket Nos. 85-R2D3-0070 and 0071 (Eureka, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Donald Grace, Owner. For DOSH: David Gauthier, Associate CSE.
Repeat/general violations of 1515(a) (head protection) and 1644(a)(5) (metal scaffolds) were affirmed, with penalties of $20 and $75 respectively.
Independent Employee Action, Defense Rejected, Absence of Well-Devised Safety Program. The parties stipulated to the factual basis of the two violations: failure of two employees to wear hard hats, and their use of a scaffold without guardrails. Employer limited its defense to the affirm
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