16,261 Kenneth Smith & Sons Masonry Co.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 29, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R2D5-1103 and 1183 (Fresno, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Cliff Wheelock, Director of Field Operations. For DOSH: Robert P. Larsen, CSE.

Two alleged repeat/general violations of 1516(a) (eye and face protection) were vacated, along with the proposed penalties of $50 and $85.

Eye Protection, Concrete Block Sawing, No Hazard Shown. Employees were sawing concrete blocks on two occasions without wearing protective goggles. Employer had previously been cited for letting an employee saw a masonry block without eye protection, but Employer distinguished th

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