Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 23, 1987, Docket Nos. 86-R2D2-433 and 434 (Oakland, CA). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John H. Edwards, Contracts Administrator. Kay N. Zunino, CSE.
An alleged general violation was vacated; a serious one was affirmed, with $350 penalty. Charges and dispositions were:
1540(g)(1) (excavations). An alleged general violation was vacated. A trench contained a ladder that did not meet the "safe access" requirements of the cited safety order. "However, the Division's proof of employee exposure to the inadequate ladder was based totally on... uncorroborated hearsay statements,
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