Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 30, 1990, Docket No. 89-R2D6-287 (Coso, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Steven R. Schuler, Manager of Construction. For DOSH: Lyle A. Garratt, District Manager.
A serious violation of 1621(a) (railings and toeboards) was affirmed, with $1,060 penalty. A carpenter foreman in construction of a geothermal power plant was seriously injured in a fall to concrete flooring.
"The credible testimony of the carpenter foreman and the carpenter established that employees of the Employer worked over a period of several days near an open pit more than seven and one-half feet deep with a
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