Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 11, 1991, Docket No. 91-R1D5-192 (Eureka, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: John E. Porter, President and General Manager. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Staff Attorney.
Classification of an alleged serious violation of 5208(g)(1)(A) was reduced to general and affirmed and the proposed $2,000 penalty set aside. The citation was issued following a complaint inspection for failure to sample the air and determine the concentration of airborne asbestos fibers within its employee's breathing zone during a pipe removal operation. Construction workers hired to work in the hotel's base
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