Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 10, 1986, Docket No. 86-R4D1-1067 (Los Angeles, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Terso Rosales, Deputy City Attorney. For DOSH: Tilak R. Gupta, Associate CSE.
An alleged general violation of 3277(k) (fixed ladders) was vacated.
Ladders, Extensions to Extend 3-1/2 Feet Above Landings, Requirement Inapplicable to Ladder in Manhole at Ground Level.
A manhole was used to enter a 17-foot-deep underground vault. A fixed ladder on the side of the vault provided access. It had no siderails projecting above the hole. Had the rails projected out of the hole, the lid could not have
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