Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 30, 1985, Docket No. 85-R1D3-1106 (San Leandro, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Attorney.
A serious violation of 1587.13 (overhead loads) was affirmed, with $350 penalty.
Cranes, Overhead Loads---Structural Steel, "Christmas-Treed" Beams Constitute 1587.13 Violation If Reasonably Preventable Exposure Exists, Whether or Not Safety Hooks Used.
Employer was the subcontractor for erection of the structural steel for a five-story building. During a permit inspection, the Division's engineer noticed that beams were
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