Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 16, 1994, Docket No. 93-R1D3-3117 (South San Francisco, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Mike McCurdy, Owner. For DOSH: Vic Doromal, Safety Engineer.
Employer, for years a roofing laborer, owned his business for only 90 days when an employee suffered severe hand and wrist burns when he slipped and fell while carrying hot asphalt in buckets. Employer was cited for a serious violation carrying a $3,000 penalty.
Hand Protection (1520). Serious violation and penalty vacated. The cited order states that "[h]and protection shall be required" for employees whose work exposes them to, a
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