Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 13, 1985, Docket Nos. 85-R1D2-490 and 491 (Santa Clara, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Weldon Mann, Superintendent. For DOSH: Mako Imamura, CSE.
An alleged repeat/general violation of 3657(d) (elevating employees with lift trucks) was reduced to general and the $35 proposed penalty was vacated. A serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines) was affirmed, with $250 penalty.
Forklift, Operator to be in Control Position When Employee on Elevated Platform---Independent Employee Action, Defense Inapplicable to Foreman's Acts.
Employer was erecting structural steel
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