27 COR 40-3988 [19,725]
CODE OF SAFE PRACTICES - POSTING
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, 1509(c) (1999) - Employer's practice of posting its Code at its office at one of three close together job sites where employees reported for work each day did not satisfy the requirement for posting or availability of the Code at each site.
DEFENSE - INDUSTRY PRACTICE AND PRIOR DIVISION INSPECTIONS
Neither customary industry practice nor evidence of prior inspections during which no citations were issued is an accepted valid defense to a violation, according Appeals Board precedent.
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Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 10, 1999, Docket No. 99-R3D2-1
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