Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 5, 1986, Docket No. 85-R1D5-700 (Sebastopol, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Dean Garzot, General Superintendent. For DOSH: Joel D. Halverson, Associate CSE.
A general violation of 1515(a) (head protection) was affirmed.
Head Protection, Backhoe Bucket as Potential "Flying Object," Warning v. Citation. Employer was cited because two employees, working close to a backhoe machine, were not wearing head protection. The Division's engineer testified to instances where he had seen bareheaded employees injured when struck by backhoe buckets, and to his own experience of such an
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