Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 2, 1987, Docket No. 86-R2D1-977 (Watsonville, CA). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William Jackson, Assistant Safety Director. For DOSH: Harold Mitchell, CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1540(d) (excavations) was vacated. Employees were working in a trench that was more than five feet deep. The walls were sloped in accordance with 1541(f), one of the safety orders cross-referenced in 1540(d) as providing for protection against moving ground. Neither 1540(d), 1541(f), nor any other pertinent safety orders requires shoring or other protection of trench ends; 1541(f) refers s
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