Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 19, 1991, Docket No. 91-R2D4-005 (Modesto, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Staff Counsel.
An alleged serious violation of 3314(b) (cleaning, repairing machinery and equipment) was vacated, along with the proposed $2,000 civil penalty.
Employer, engaged in growing, processing and canning vegetables, was cited for employees carrying out repair work, during which an employee was injured, without locking out the machine although it was equipped with a lockable disconnect switch. The machine involved, referred to as a "palletizer
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