Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 1, 1990, Docket No. 89-R4D4-343 (Seal Beach, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Keith Fresonke, President. For DOSH: Alan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
An alleged serious violation of 1596(a)(1) (rollover protective structures (ROPS)) was reduced to general, with proposed $175 penalty vacated.
A scraper operator was injured when the equipment rolled over. He was not wearing the seat belt provided (and required) on the equipment. This Employer was in the business of leasing construction equipment and/or operators. Here, Employer had supplied the scraper and operator to Maness Excavatin
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