Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 13, 1985, Docket Nos. 85-R5D4-340 and 460 (Ventura, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Steve Blois, Vice President. For DOSH: Dwight Gossen, Associate CSE.
An alleged general violation of 1596(a) (seat belts) was vacated. A repeat/serious violation of 1541(f)(1) was affirmed, with $1,000 penalty.
Seat Belts, Requirements on Certain Equipment, Division Must Prove Equipment Exceeds 20 Brake Horsepower. "The Employer is an underground pipeline contractor. The Division charged that a backhoe operator of the Employer failed to wear seat belts on a tractor and allowed employees to
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