Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated September 6, 1991, Docket No. 90-R3D3-1246. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman. Larry A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.
The Appeals Board reinstated and affirmed the ALJ decision of April 9, 1991 (Digest17,644), establishing a serious violation of 1637(a) and assessing a $2,000 penalty. Employer had petitioned for reconsideration.
An employee of Employer was plastering a two-story house in a tract development. He routinely set up a plank between two ladders from which to work, although he had been advised by his foreman to work from a ladder. No scaffolding was supplied by Employer. Th
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