Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 22, 1991, Docket No. 91-R4D3-544 (Northridge, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Adriana Rodriguez, appellant's spouse. For DOSH: Kenneth W. Prior, Associate Safety Engineer.
A homeowner, Daniel Rodriguez, was cited for regulatory violation of 341(a)(1) for not obtaining an excavation permit before an excavation 35 feet long and eight feet high was dug into the hill of his back yard. A $250 penalty was proposed. The backhoe work, according to Rodriguez's wife, was done by an unlicensed contractor who was an acquaintance, as a favor. The cited safety order, along with its com
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