Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 14, 1986, Docket No. 86-R5D4-896 (Altadena, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Grant Burton, General Superintendent. For DOSH: Richard Drew, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines) was affirmed, with $750 penalty.
Safety Belts and Lifelines, Nonuse Over Protruding Rebar--Defense, "Short Duration" and Independent Action Inapplicable.
The Division's engineer, parked to finish lunch in his car en route to finish inspecting Employer, saw two employees working at a height of about 30 feet above ground, over vertically-protruding rebar, with
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