Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 12, 1986, Docket No. 86-R4D9-404 (Corona, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Sherill Gosnell, Partner. For DOSH: Vernon Larson, Senior Engineer.
Two general violations of tunneling safety orders were affirmed and one was vacated.
Tunnels, Site Safety Information.
Employer, a tunneling firm, was drilling and boring to install a horizontal pipe under an existing roadway.
Section 8409 requires a safety bulletin board, "near the portal or where men congregate before entering," identifying employees inside. A violation was found: the board was lying face down, and bore only
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