Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 10, 1982, Docket No. 81-R3D1-1562 (Garden Grove, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ralph Placencia, Owner. For DOSH: James T. Brown, District Supervisor.
This appeal was denied. The alleged serious violation of 1680(c) (guarding portable saws) and the proposed $160 penalty were affirmed.
Portable Saws, Effective and Operable Guards. The Employer was charged with allowing an employee to use a Skil saw with an automatic guard that was wedged up with a 16-penny nail in an inoperable position. The Division's safety engineer observed an employee use the saw to cut a board, e
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