17,287 Kmp Engineering Contractors, Inc.

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 27, 1988, Docket Nos. 87-R3D4-299 thru 303 (Fullerton, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Thomas Kleinhinz, Secretary/Treasurer. For DOSH: Allen L. Coie, Staff Counsel.

Of 12 asbestos violations charged, six were affirmed and six vacated. Penalties of $2,000 each were affirmed for two serious violations, as was a $500 penalty for a regulatory violation. Because fewer than 10 violations survived the appeal, $50 in proposed penalties were vacated for three general violations that were affirmed.

"(The Division's engineer) observed "an employee of the Employer in an outside area cutt