Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 4, 1986, Docket No. 85-R5D4-1693 (Arroyo Grande, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Jerry Habeck, General Engineering and Building Contractor. For DOSH: Robert E. Johnson, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1541(f)(1) (trenches) was affirmed, with $200 penalty.
Excavations, Sloping in Lieu of Shoring Inadequate. Employer used sloping (with some benching) in lieu of shoring as protection against the hazard of moving ground in an excavation measured as 12 feet deep along one side, seven feet on the other. As measured by the Division's engineer, the sloping and benching were su
Read More...