Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 11, 1986, Docket Nos. 85-R2D3-1939 and 1940 (Adin, CA). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Frank Stevenson, Owner. For DOSH: William Brucker, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 6309(h) (logging, seat belt use) was affirmed, with $250 penalty.
Seat Belts, To Be Worn While Operating Certain Logging Equipment--Independent Employee Act, Employer's Claim of Impossibility of Enforcement Insufficient Without Proving All Elements of Defense.
An employee operated a skidder without using the seat belt provided. Employer, a sole owner with nine employees, testified that he "was appe
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