Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 4, 1992, Docket No. 91-R1D3-774 (Pleasanton, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Frederick L. Walter, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Staff Counsel.
Citation for serious violation of Construction Safety Orders 1632(e) was affirmed with a $2,000 penalty. Employer, a framing subcontractor, did not provide guardrails around or covering over an open skylight, and an employee was injured in a fall through the opening. The employee was working with his back turned, 4-1/2 feet from the skylight opening. He was within the zone of danger--an area around an opening of such size that s
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