Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 18, 1986, Docket No. 86-R2D3-714 (Chester, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Frank Reger, Owner. For DOSH: Keith L. Smith, Associate CSE.
A violation of former 1587.13 (now 5002) (overhead loads) was reduced from serious to general.
Overhead Loads, Safety Hook Requirement--Defense, Employer Reasonably Believed Excavator Operator Was Licensed Contractor Legally Permitted to Subcontract.
An excavator operator was injured when a power pole, being lifted for installation, slipped loose from a clevis (a U-bolt shackle) on the excavator. Employer had retained the operator, wi
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