Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 31, 1986, Docket Nos. 86-R2D3-845 and 846 (Redding, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Blake Spiering, President. For DOSH: Dennis Barker, Associate CSE.
General violations of 1637(a) (scaffolds) and 1629(c)(3) (stairways and ladders) were affirmed.
Scaffolds, Planking, Failure to Use Between Purlins During Work of Short Duration--Independent Employee Action, Defense Rejected. An employee was killed in a fall through insulation and plywood between the purlins of a roof under construction.
Section 1637(a) provides in part: "When work of short duration is to be done from jo
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