Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 4, 1990, Docket No. 90-R1D5-421 (San Leandro, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Bob McDowell, Corporate Risk Manager. For DOSH: Stephan A. Williams, Safety Engineer.
A serious violation of 1621(a) (railings and toeboards) was affirmed, with $250 penalty. An employee was seen oiling forms on a building under construction (preparatory to another contractor's concrete pour) near the edge of a 28-foot roof section where standard guardrails were not in place. This exposed the employee to the risk of a 50-foot fall.
(Employer used perimeter guardrails as fall protection, rather than sa
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