Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 15, 1986, Docket Nos. 86-R1D5-709 thru 711 (San Francisco, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Gerald E. Lombardo, Associate CSE.
Three general violations were affirmed, one as a first repeat (reduced from second repeat, with penalty reduced from $40 to $20). An alleged third repeat/general violation was vacated. Charges and dispositions were:
1541(c)(1) (shoring spacing). A general violation was affirmed. Shoring uprights in an 11-foot trench were spaced 14-1/2 feet apart; the safety order prescribes no more than eight feet. Proof of
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