Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 2, 1993, Docket No. 92-R2D1-581 (Hayward, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Alan D. Zeunen, Operations Manager. For DOSH: C. Duane Niesen, District Manager.
The Division cited Employer following a complaint-initiated inspection for serious violation of shoring requirements and proposed a $200 penalty.
Shoring, Trench Five Feet or More in Depth (1541.1(a)(1)). Serious violation affirmed as general; penalty reduced to $100. A utility trench at a residential subdivision, dug in Class B soil, required shoring, benching or sloping as protection for employees from moving ground. Emplo
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