Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 13, 1986, Docket No. 86-R1D5-209 (Arcata, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: James Brown, Resource Manager. For DOSH: David J. Gauthier, Associate CSE.
A violation of 6328(f) was reduced from serious to general.
Logging, Standing in Prohibited Area--Violation, Reduced to General, Supervisor Unable to See Employee Location.
An employee was killed when he was struck by a falling alder tree. The alder had been knocked over by a redwood "turn" (log) that was being "broken out" (hauled by cable from where it lay). Employer was charged with a serious violation of 6328(f), providing
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