47 COR 40-8324 [¶23,064]
GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURES ORDERS – ACCESS, WORK SPACE, AND WORK AREAS, FIXED LADDERS, SPECIFIC FEATURES Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3277(d)(2) (2020) – Employer violated the safety order by using ladders with first rungs excessively high off the ground. The ALJ reduced the penalty based on the adjustment factor of extent. GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURES ORDERS – ACCESS, WORK SPACE, AND WORK AREAS, USE OF FIXED LADDERS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3278(a) (2020) – Employer violated the safety order by failing to ensure that an employee was prohibited from carrying equipment or materials that prevented safe use of a ladder, a serious, accident-related violation. The ALJ reduced the penalty based on the adjustment factor of extent.Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated July 13, 2020, Inspection No. 1303471 (Oakland, CA).
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