Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 3, 1987, Docket No. 86-R2D1-917 (Reno, NV). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John Guevin, Vice President. For DOSH: Bill Rummell, Associate CSE.
On a penalty-only appeal from a second repeat/general violation of 1515(a) (head protection), the proposed $620 penalty was affirmed.
"While the proposed penalty may appear to some to be severe for the failure of five employees to wear hardhats, other factors demonstrate the appropriateness of the penalty. Two previous citations, without penalties, have apparently failed to attract Employer's attention to the need to enforce this saf
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