Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 29, 1988, Docket No. 87-R4D5-550 (Pomona, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Thomas P. Brown, IV, Attorney. For DOSH: Stanley Avnaim, Industrial Relations Counsel III.
A serious violation of 3648(o) (work from elevated devices) was affirmed; the proposed penalty was reduced from $600 to $300.
The safety order provides: "(A)n employee, while in an elevated aerial device, shall be secured to the boom, basket or tub of an aerial device through the use of a safety belt, body belt or safety harness equipped with safety strap or lanyard."
Employer stipulated to facts constituti
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