Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 3, 1980, Docket No. 80-R2D1-652 (Fair Oaks, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Barry Babij, Owner. For DOSH: C. Duane Niesen, CSE.
Penalties, Repeated/Serious Violation; Circular Power Saw with Guard Wedged Open. The $1,125 penalty proposed for an uncontested violation of 1680(a) was affirmed.
"The Employer appeared to be sincere in his belief that it was safer to wedge open the retractable guard of the circular power saw for certain cuts rather than manually retracting the guard. However, the safety standard makes no exceptions, and the Division presented evidence as to wh
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