Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 8, 1986, Docket No. 85-R4D9-1447 (Watsonville, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William R. E. Jackson, Assistant Safety Director. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
Three alleged general violations were vacated and one was affirmed. Cal-OSHA jurisdiction was found, over Employer's opposition. Rulings on jurisdiction and charges were:
Jurisdiction: "The Employer argues that they were not involved in mining, but merely processing materials harvested by another company engaged in mining activities. The restrictive definition of a mine, used here by the Employer, refers
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