Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 19, 1992, Docket Nos. 87-R4D1-264 to 267 (South El Monte, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Heng Tan, Safety Consultant. For DOSH: Leonard Strom, Staff Counsel.
Employer was cited for two general, two serious, and one willful serious violations of Construction Safety Orders after an employee was killed when a foundation excavation he was cleaning out preparatory to a concrete pour collapsed. The footing excavation was L-shaped, with 14-foot vertical cuts on two sides which were unshored. Rain the night before the accident had caused some sluffing of dirt into the excavation, w
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