41 COR 40-7115 [¶22,373R]
EXCAVATIONS – PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541.1(a)(1) (2014) – Employees were working in an unprotected trench that was not excavated entirely in stable rock. The Board found a serious, accident-related violation and affirmed the penalty originally proposed by the Division.
EXCAVATIONS – RETAINING DEVICES
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541(j)(2) (2014) – A violation for failure to provide retaining devices in a trench, where excavated materials (spoils) were on its top edge, existed by operation of law. The serious classification of the violation was established. The Board affirmed the penalty originally proposed by the Division.
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