Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 17, 1986, Docket No. 86-R1D2-618 (Fremont, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Dick Silva, General Superintendent. For DOSH: Thomas Meamber, Associate CSE.
An alleged repeat general violation of 1541(b)(1) (trenches) was reduced to general and its $100 proposed penalty set aside.
Excavations, Shoring, Spacing Specified in Tables to Safety Orders Sets Minimal Requirements.
Employer "was cited for failing to provide adequate shoring in a telephone company manhole." The Division's engineer measured the excavation as 11 feet long, 6-1/2 feet wide, and 7-1/2 feet deep. The soil was
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