Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 19, 1976. Docket No. 76-R6D5-258. Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
Dust and Fumes, Quartz Dust [serious violation]. A serious violation of 5141(a) was affirmed; the $650 proposed penalty was reduced to and affirmed at $450.
"Section 5141(a) requires harmful exposures of dust to be prevented by engineering controls whenever feasible. In this case, hardware was put in place by the employer which, if activated and perfected, would have done much to provide engineering controls for the control of the exposure. The employer stipulated that harmful dust containing quartz was present at the site. The
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