Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated January 14, 1991, Docket Nos. 90-R4D1-667 and 668 (Santa Monica, CA). Jacqueline S. Drucker, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Chris Roland, Owner. For DOSH: Katherine Wolff, Attorney.
An alleged serious violation of 1621(a) (railings and toeboards), with $175 proposed penalty, was vacated.
An employee worked on the second floor of a building, at a height of about 12 feet. During the inspection, there was no railing at the exposed edge of the work surface. However, the owner of Employer testified that he had provided railings but had removed them on the day of the inspection in order to gain access space
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