Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 9, 1986, Docket No. 85-R1D5-1654 (Santa Rosa, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Roger Hermsmeyer, President. For DOSH: Michael A. Benjamin, Associate CSE.
A general violation of 1596(a) (ROPS and seat belts) was vacated.
Seat Belts, No Exception to Use Requirement for Equipment Moved Along Flat Road. An employee drove a backhoe without the seat belt required under the cited safety order. Employer's president objected that the backhoe was being driven across a flat road and was therefore being driven safely without a seat belt; that it is difficult to see that every employee uses
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