Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 8, 1990, Docket Nos. 89-R1D1-349 and 350 (Sausalito, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Gustavo M. Caldarelli, Owner. For DOSH: Armstrong Lum, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1644(a)(7) (metal scaffolds) was affirmed, with $175 penalty.
The safety order provides in part: "The working platform (of a metal scaffold) shall cover the entire space between scaffold uprights, except for the open area under the back railing. Such open area shall not exceed 10 inches in width."
The safety engineer's testimony established that "when he arrived at the site a man was painting the b
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