Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 19, 1986, Docket No. 85-R4D1-1405 (Los Angeles, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert Swisher, Project Safety and Claims Director. For DOSH: John MacFayden, Assistant CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1632(e)(1) (guarding floor, roof, and wall openings) was vacated.
Guardrails, Lack on Ramp Across Trench, Improperly Cited Under 1632(e)(1).
Employees used a plywood ramp, lacking guardrails or other fall protection, to cross a 20-foot-deep trench and to carry materials. The trench was six feet wide and ran along one side of a building. The cited safety order is directed to
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