Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 16, 1989, Docket No. 89-R4D3-234 (Azusa, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Paul F. Berger, President. For DOSH: Edward R. Grimes, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1632(b) (floor and roof openings to be guarded) was affirmed, with $100 penalty.
Employer was a lathing and plastering subcontractor at a church school construction site. An employee, stepping back to inspect his plastering work on the sound barrier for an air conditioning unit, fell through a roof opening. The fall distance was about 10 feet. The opening was covered only with thin plastic.
"Section 1632(b)
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