Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 8, 1996, Docket Nos. 95-R1D5-2636 (Santa Rosa, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Dave Soiland, President. For DOSH: Ron E. Medeiros, Attorney.
Employer was installing a storm sewer, excavating a trench to lay cement pipes. The Division inspected and cited for a repeat/serious violation, proposing a $2,250 penalty.
Excavations and Trenches, Protection From Cave-Ins (1541.1(a)(1)). Repeat/serious violation and $2,250 penalty affirmed.
The citation was issued because two employees were working in a 13-foot deep trench, outside the protection of the last hydraulic shore which had
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