Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 30, 1986, Docket No. 86-R5D3-1121 (Bakersfield, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Kevin O'Malley, Division Manager. For DOSH: Wade DeVries, CSE.
A general violation of 3210(a) (elevated locations) was affirmed.
Employer's oil well servicing rig had a platform, 40' x 2-1/2', without guardrails, attached by hinges to a semi-trailer and providing a work surface 36 inches above ground. It was used for access to tools and equipment. Employer had violated the cited safety order, and abatement with removable rails was feasible. "When the platform was designed provisions should have bee
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