Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 31, 1979, Docket No. 79-R1D2-927 (Hollister, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ken Cooper, Plant Superintendent. For DOSH: David Pippin, CSE.
Citation, Specificity Required. One alleged serious violation was set aside.
"The Division is bound to cite the safety order that most closely addresses the violated condition. Just as it cannot properly cite for a failure to guard calender rolls under the safety order applying to rolls generally, it cannot cite under the safety order directed to calender rolls for failure to guard rolls performing other than a calendering operation. The pr
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