Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 4, 1991, Docket No. 91-R4D1-593 (Rancho Cordova, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Douglas A. Ridgeway, Risk Manager. For DOSH: Roland L. Moss, Assistant Safety Engineer.
Employer, a general contractor on a freeway project, was cited for general violation of General Industry 4973 following a complaint inspection. The cited safety order requires hoists designed to lift vertical loads to have their rated loads legibly marked on the hoist or load block or some equally visible space. Employer was cited because the rated load on Skookum blocks used on three truck cranes was not le
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