Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 27, 1990, Docket No. 90-R2D6-334 (Clovis, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Earl W. Collins, Owner, and Greg Ball, Foreman. For DOSH: Wade E. DeVries Jr., Associate Safety Engineer.
A willful/serious violation of 1540(d) (excavations) was affirmed. The proposed $7,500 penalty was reduced to $5,250.
Employer, a specialist in traffic signal installation, was cited because its foreman worked in an unshored and otherwise unprotected excavation more than five feet deep. The hole was one of four being dug for traffic light foundations at an intersection.
A city inspector testifi
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