New England Sheet Metal Works

33 COR 40-5595 [¶ 20,754R] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – GUARDING PRESS BRAKE POINT OF OPERATION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4214(a) (2005) – The Appeals Board agreed with the ALJ that Employer failed to provide point of operation guarding on its press brake, a lack that led to a serious, accident-related injury and violation. Employer's arguments that the guarding was unnecessary and exposure to the hazard did not exist at any time other than during the actual bending of metal by the press was rejected.Read More...