Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 26, 1985, Docket No. 85-R2D1-283 (Sacramento, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Michael Isom, Project Manager. For DOSH: Frederick F. Fletcher, Associate CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1587.12(a) (crane signals), with proposed $700 penalty, was vacated.
Cranes, Signal Devices or Persons. Employer was the general contractor for construction of a 12-story hotel. An employee was struck and injured by a crane bucket he was stationed to guide as it was being used to pour concrete at the sixth-floor level. The pour point and the crane operator's cab were estimated to be 90
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