Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated April 12, 1983, Docket No. 82-R3D1-1397 (Riverside, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Barry B. Brennan, Director of Personnel. For DOSH: John MacMillan, Associate CSE.
This appeal was granted to the extent that a proposed penalty of $3,000 for a repeat/serious violation of 3314(a) (de-energizing machinery during cleaning) was reduced to $500.
Machinery, Cleaning, Disengagement or Guards Required ---Employee Training Regarding Extension Tools---Penalty Reduced Where Employer Acted in Good Faith to Reduce Possibility of Injury.
Section 3314(a) provides in pertinent part that machinery
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