17,824 Robert M. Baugh And Cheryl Baugh, Co-Partners,

dba THE TREE PEOPLE and ONE WAY TREE CO.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 1, 1991, Docket Nos. 91-R1D4-314 and 315 (Modesto, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert M. Baugh, Co-Partner. For DOSH: James Kinney, Senior Safety Engineer.

A fatality led to an accident investigation resulting in citation of Employer for general violation of 3421(c) and serious violation of 3421(e) with a $175 proposed penalty for the latter. Employer was removing a 50-foot tree at a site in Oakland.

The cited general violation of 3421(c) was vacated. The order required training and instruction in hazards of employee's work assignme