Legal Opinion
United Air Lines, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Board
California Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1982No. S.F. 24396PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUS, J.
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In 1976, an engineer from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the division) inspected the United Airlines ground maintenance facility at San Francisco International Airport. As a result of his observations, the division cited and fined United for failing to provide a guardrail on an unenclosed elevated work platform that was being used by an employee working on a plane.
United appealed the citation to the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (appeals board) and filed a motion to dismiss, arguing, inter alia, that under Labor Code section 6303,…
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