Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 12, 1986, Docket No. 86-R1D4-666 (Castro Valley, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Tony Lizarraga, Owner. For DOSH: Patrick Bell, CSE.
A violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines) was reduced from serious to general.
Safety Belts and Lifelines, Work on Roof Trusses--Independent Employee Act, Defense Fails--Violation, Classification, Employer Knowledge Element of Serious Violation Not Established.
An electrician for Employer was seen working from the lower truss cord of a roof truss, 19 feet above concrete, without being tied off or otherwise protected against falling.
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