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Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 30, 1981, Docket No. 81-R1D2-738 (Watsonville, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert J. Lewis, Attorney at Law. For DOSH: Ludovico R. Redula, CSE.
This appeal was granted. An alleged serious violation of 3314(a) (machines stopped for maintenance) and its penalty of $175 were vacated.
Maintenance or Repairs, Machinery De-energized Independent Act of Employee. An employee was doing maintenance on a corn husking machine. A microswitch attached to the guard covering the gears would shut the machine off when the guards were removed. The employee by-passed the micr
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