Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 27, 1989, Docket No. 86-R3D2-1400 (San Marcos, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Daniel E. Jaffe, Staff Counsel.
A serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts, drop lines and lanyards) was affirmed, with $700 penalty.
Safety Belts, Tying Off Above 15 Feet--Safety Order, Less Specific to Work Still Applicable--Defense, Industry Practice Does Not Constitute.
An employee fell 24 feet to concrete while working on a steel and wood building. He and other employees were picking up wood trusses from a stockpile and setting them on the steel I-beam
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