Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision After Reconsideration dated January 24, 1992, Docket No. 91-R1D5-057. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Larry A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.
The Appeals Board affirmed the ALJ's decision of May 16, 1991 (Digest 17,681) which had denied Employer's appeal from a repeat/serious violation of Construction 1670(a) and $600 penalty. Reconsideration was on petition by Employer.
Employer provided no fall protection for employees working at the 18-1/2-foot-high roof edges of two houses under construction--on one they were dragging roof trusses into place along outer walls and on the other they were placing plywood
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