Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 30, 1986, Docket Nos. 85-R4D1-1794 and 1795 (Los Angeles, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Les Longbrook, Corporate Safety Manager. For DOSH: John MacFayden, CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1540(m)(1) (excavations) was vacated.
Excavation, Adequate Physical Barrier Protection Absent--Exposure to Hazard, Failure to Prove--Evidence, Hearsay, Insufficient Without Corroboration. A 25-foot-deep excavation, adjacent to a building under construction, had a berm running alongside. There was a pathway worn into the berm, leading to a wooden ramp that gave access to the excavation
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