MILLWORK CORP.
Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 12, 1990, Docket No. 90-R2D3-492 (Red Bluff, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Richard H. Ingraham, Manager of Training and Safety. For DOSH: Bruce Thorpe, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 4002(a) (moving parts of machinery and equipment) was affirmed. The proposed $300 penalty was reduced to $100.
A finger joint machine, used to join pieces of milled lumber, lacked barrier guards for its clearance adjustment bolts. These bolts are attached to the housing for the machine's hydraulic rolls. The bolts are intended to prevent damage to the rolls from s
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