Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 6, 1998, Docket Nos. 97-R1D2-468 and 469 (Campbell, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Franklin Deats, Owner. For DOSH: Ralph Allen, District Manager.
Employer was cited for two serious violations, with proposed penalties of $3,750 each, after an accident in which an employee carrying a bucket of hot tar was splashed and severely burned on his arms and face. He spent seven days in the hospital being treated.
Clothing, Appropriate (1522(b)). Serious violation affirmed; $3,750 penalty reduced to $1,800.
The cited order provides that "[c]lothing appropriate for the work being
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