Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 2, 1991, Docket No. 90-R4D2-1169 (San Diego, CA). Manual M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Phil F. Valenti Jr., District Manager.
A serious violation of 1540(j)(1) (excavations) was affirmed. A proposed $2,250 penalty was reduced to $2,000.
Employer was drilling holes to depths exceeding 60 feet for the shoring system of a hotel projected for construction. Fifty or more holes were within a few feet of the wall for the Verdugo Wash Flood Control Channel. They were "well below" the depth of the channel base.
An employee was seriously injured when a ho
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