Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 10, 1979, Docket No. 79-R3D5-1045 (Shafter, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: T. Wayne Smith, Administrator, and Richard N. Barstow, Vice President of District Operations. For DOSH: Lyle A. Garratt, District Manager.
Washing Machines, Electrical Interlock to Prevent Rotation While Open. A serious violation of 4481(b) was established. The $150 proposed penalty was affirmed.
"The weight of the evidence presented was sufficient to establish that a washing machine at the site was operated daily by one employee for at least a year prior to the inspection without an interlock
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