13,468 L. B. Johnson Hardware Co., Inc.

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 23, 1979, Docket No. 78-R4D6-917 (Maywood, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Helen Bedley, Bookkeeper. For DOSH: Marilyn Levin, Representative.

Asbestos, Retail Sale of; $500 Penalty Affirmed. A general regulatory violation of 5208(1)(1)(A) was established. The proposed penalty was affirmed.

"Mr. Michaelian testified that the site was a retail hardware store. He saw a 30 gallon can of raw asbestos at the site. He was told by the acting manager that employees, after putting on a respirator, scooped out the asbestos, weighed it, dumped it in a bag, and sold it to customers. The