Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 24, 1985, Docket No. 85-R1D2-475 (Watsonville, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William R. E. Jackson, Associated Safety Director. For DOSH: Vic R. Redula, Associate CSE.
An alleged general violation of 5158(c) (confined spaces, pre-entry) was vacated.
Confined Space, Pre-Entry Testing---Evidence, Division's Opinion Testimony Failed to Establish All Elements of Violation. The cited safety order requires testing of the air within a "confined space" before an employee enters it. "Section 5156 (b)(1) defines a confined space as a space where existing ventilation is insufficien
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