Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 22, 1998, Docket No. 97-R4D5-1478 (Santa Maria, CA). Jack L. Hesson, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Mary Sue Gutheridge, Personnel Manager. For DOSH: Dwight Goossen, Cal/OSHA Engineer-Compliance.
Employer, a manufacturer of electrical cable, was inspected following an accident in which an employee was pinned between the flanges of two 110-inch cable reels. The Division cited a serious violation and proposed a $5,000 penalty.
Live Loads, Material Stored to Prevent Rolling (3241(c)). Serious violation and $5,000 penalty affirmed.
"Employer was cited under 3241(c) which provides that material, w
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