Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 3, 1990, Docket Nos. 90-R3D1-350 thru 352 (Washington, DC). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Daniel Wurzburg, Corporate Safety Director. For DOSH: Allan Coie, Staff Counsel.
Two violations--one serious, one repeat/general--were affirmed, with total penalties of $540.
Elevator Shafts, Guarding (1633(a)). Serious violation affirmed with $425 penalty. Elevator shaft openings in a building under construction lacked midrails and toeboards on three floors; in two instances the top rails provided were higher than the 45-inch maximum permitted by the safety order. Employer's argument that an
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