Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 8, 1991, Docket Nos. 91-R1D3-185 and 186 (San Jose, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Jim Ebert, Vice President. For DOSH: Brian Brooks, Safety Engineer.
Employer, a construction corporation, was cited for not reporting an injury the Division deemed serious (342(a), regulatory) and for using an unsecured portable ladder (1675(j), serious) during installation of an underground water line. A $250 penalty was proposed for the latter.
The injury, a head laceration requiring 14 stiches which resulted from a fall from the unsecured ladder, was not serious (disfiguring) and required less th
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