Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 28, 1991, Docket Nos. 90-R3D1-1112 and 1113 (Anaheim, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Richard B. Winn, Director of Safety, Health & Environmental Affairs. For DOSH: Ralph Del Campo, Associate Safety Engineer.
Employer, a trash collection company, was cited following an accident in which an employee slipped and fell off the side step of a moving trash collection truck and was run over. A general violation of 4344(c) (steps, slip-resistant) was vacated when the Division's proof that the step in question was so worn it was no longer slip-resistant and self-cleaning fell short. A
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