Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Board

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser) appeals

from denial of relief in an administrative mandamus action seeking to overturn a decision of the California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. (See Lab. Code, § 6627 et seq.; Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5.) The board affirmed, in pertinent part, the order and decision of an administrative law judge upholding a citation and imposition of a $500 civil penalty against Kaiser for violation of an industrial safety order. (See Lab. Code, § 6317.)1 The safety order requires employers to report, inter alia, “Maintenance . .…