Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 3, 1990, Docket No. 90-R1D3-270 (San Francisco, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John C. Vocke, Staff Attorney. For DOSH: Nicholas A. Champlin, Staff Attorney.
A serious violation of 1670(c) (safety belts, drop lines and lanyards) was affirmed, with $300 penalty.
An employee fell about 23 feet to concrete and was seriously injured during a residential wiring installation. He was using a safety belt and lanyard, but the lanyard was tied off to a metal conduit pipe, 1-3/4 inches in diameter; the pipe was secured to a wooden beam by two clamps held in place by nails. The pipe ga
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