Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 20, 1987, Docket No. 86-R1D5-1449 (Fremont, CA). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Betty J. Robinson, Manager of Sanitation and Safety. For DOSH: Michael A. Benjamin, Assistant CSE.
A violation of 4353(h) (stationary compaction equipment and balers) was reduced from serious to general. During the operating cycle of the ram/tramper of Employer's compactor and baler, the Division's engineer saw a 5/8" to 3/4" gap in the gate, large enough to amputate a finger. A violation was established, but it could not be classified as serious. The machine had been serviced five days before the
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