Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 9, 1989, Docket No. 89-R1D5-035 (Petaluma, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: David C. Sisson, Superintendent. For DOSH: Nicholas A. Champlin, Attorney.
A general violation of 1540(d) (protection of employees in excavations) was affirmed.
While driving by a construction site, the Division's engineer observed excavation work and stopped to see if it was being performed pursuant to a permit. "At the site he observed an excavation running along a hillside. The downhill wall of the excavation was less than five feet high and was sloped at approximately a one-to-one ratio. The u
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