Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 2, 1993, Docket No. 92-R4D3-1246 (Granada Hills, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Nizam Hack, Owner. For DOSH: J. R. Hogan, Associate Safety Engineer.
The Division inspected Employer, an apartment owner, when a complaint was received about an unshored sewer trench beside the building which was more than five feet deep and in which four people were observed working. A citation was issued for serious violation of 1541.1(a) which requires employees to be protected from cave-in hazards. A $1,225 penalty was proposed. Employer appealed the serious classification of the violation a
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