Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 20, 1987, Docket No. 87-R3D5-225 (Long Beach, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Patrick McFadden, Vice President. For DOSH: Phillip F. Valanti Jr., Associate CSE.
Two general violations were affirmed:
1515(a) (head protection). Two employees were working in a trench without head protection. They were exposed to falling objects carried by a nearby crane, to the crane block itself, and to falling material from the ground above.
1629(c)(3) (stairways and ladders). The ladder provided as egress from the excavation did not extend above ground level. The safety order provides that the s
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