Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 6, 1985, Docket No. 85-R1D1-572 (Benicia, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: August F. Cetti, Attorney. For DOSH: Ron E. Madeiros, Attorney.
A serious violation of 1632(a) (guarding floor, roof and wall openings) was affirmed, with $350 penalty.
Floor Opening, Cover Unsecured and Unmarked---Independent Employee Action, Defense Rejected, Must Be Earned---Employer, Duty to Provide Safe Workplace, Nondelegable by Subcontractor to General Contractor. Employer, a subcontractor in the remodeling of an eight-story building, "...was cited for not securing and marking the cover over a fl
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