Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 3, 1986, Docket No. 86-R2D3-713 (Redding, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Harry Mathews, Project Superintendent. For DOSH: Gary Robeson, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1621(a) (railings and toeboards) was affirmed, with $375 penalty.
Railings, Elevated Work Platforms, Requirement Inapplicable for Necessary, Temporary Removal--Penalty, Amount, Appropriateness Not Changed by Establishing Fewer Instances than Charged.
Employer was strengthening the piers supporting several highway overcrossings. It was cited for not having end rails on elevated work platforms at
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