28 COR 40-4369 [20,027]
EXCAVATIONS - PROTECTION FROM CAVE-INS
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 1541.1(b) (2001) - Employees entered an 8-foot-deep trench, briefly, each time they accessed a storm drain to seal joints from within. The trench was not correctly benched under the safety order's requirements.
VIOLATION - REPEAT CLASSIFICATION
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 334(d)(1) (2001) - A general violation for improper benching in a trench was not appropriately classified as repeat because the facts were significantly different from the earlier violation.
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Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 23, 2001, Docket No. 00-R1D5-2848 (San Rafael, CA).
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