Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 20, 1986, Docket Nos. 86-R2D2-862 and 863 (Oakland, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John D. Sutkus, Vice President. For DOSH: Frank E. Humphreys Jr., Associate CSE.
On a penalty-only appeal from a serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines), the proposed $750 penalty was reduced to $560.
Penalty, Reduction Required by Improper Calculation of Likelihood Factor, Division's "High" Likelihood Factor Failed to Consider Low Number of Employees Exposed.
One employee, "unprotected by a safety belt and lifeline or other means, was working at the perimeter of (a)
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