Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 30, 1986, Docket No. 85-R1D3-1594 (Oakland, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Tom Flynn, Project Manager. For DOSH: Frank J. Kielian, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1709 (scaffold overloading) was affirmed, with $200 penalty.
Scaffold, Overloaded Member--Violation, Serious, Knowledge of Hazard Established by Failure to Determine Designed Capacity. Employer was removing asbestos-containing material from a ceiling. Five employees and approximately a ton of bagged ceiling material were on a 20' x 20' work platform that fell 14-1/2 feet to the floor. The accident resu
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