Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 27, 1979, Docket No. 78-R2D3-1216. August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: John Stretch, Regional Industrial Engineer. For DOSH: Bruce E. Thorpe, CSE.
Guarding, Machinery and Equipment, Cal-OSHA May Require Guarding Greater Than That Supplied by Equipment Manufacturer. A serious violation of 4187(a) was established; the $300 proposed penalty was affirmed.
"The weight of the evidence presented established that there was no protection against an operator getting fingers caught at the in-running side of the rolls. The fact that the machine was a standard one, used in the condition that it was re
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