16,689R Patent Scaffolding Co.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated July 1, 1986, Docket No. 85-R3D1-574. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; L. A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.

The Appeals Board affirmed the ALJ decision of October 23, 1985 (Digest 16,347), granting Employer's appeal from an alleged serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines). The Division had petitioned for reconsideration.

Scaffolds, Fall Protection Not Required During Erection.

"The evidence established that an employee was in the process of erecting a scaffold. He was working on a 10-foot square platform, which was approximately 80 feet above a concrete floor, at th

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