Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 6, 1991, Docket Nos. 90-R1D5-930 and 931 (Hayward, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Ron E. Medeiros, Attorney.
Two alleged violations were vacated--one general and one serious, with proposed $250 penalty for the latter.
Shoring, Sloping and Benching Systems (1541 (c)(1)). Alleged general violation vacated. Employer, an underground contractor, was laying a six-inch sewer line in a long open trench. In one segment of the trench, hydraulic shores had been placed. The Division's engineer observed a concavity in one of the trench walls for
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