Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 20, 1990, Docket No. 90-R2D3-827 (Hayfork, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Scott Leiby, Safety and Personnel Supervisor. For DOSH: Dennis Barker, Associate Safety Engineer.
A violation of 3210(b) (elevated locations) was reduced from serious to general. A $2,000 proposed penalty was vacated.
Employer was cited because employees in the sawmill worked from heights on a sorting device (a "bin sorter") to which lumber was carried on a conveyor, without fall protection. The inspection was precipitated by an accident involving an entry level employee (a "bin chaser") who fell
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