Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 25, 1999, Docket Nos. 98-R1D5-1757 and 1758 (Santa Rosa, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Gerald E. Lombardo, District Manager.
Employer's job site was inspected due to a drive-by observation by a Division safety engineer. Citations were issued alleging one general, one regulatory and one serious violation; penalties totaling $2,875 were proposed. Employer appealed all items on all available grounds but, at the hearing, withdrew its appeal from the regulatory and general charges (341.6, unregistered asbestos work, $250 penalty; and 1529(g)(
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