Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 6, 1987, Docket No. 87-R3D2-132 (El Cajon, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Manuel R. Lopez, Secretary/Treasurer. For DOSH: Robert Janecek, Associate CSE.
On a penalty-only appeal, the proposed $1,500 penalty for a repeat/serious violation of 1540(d) (excavations) was reduced to $500. The excavation for a school building was inadequately sloped in areas where cement footings and rebar were being installed. Employer's secretary-treasurer testified to its concern for safe practices, stating that "(i)n the last three of four months they had been penalized by contractors who hired them
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