Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 18, 1980, Docket No. 80-R1D1-551 (Los Angeles, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Mary Sullivan, Attorney at Law. For DOSH: Michael Mason, Staff Counsel.
Guardrail, Conveyor Belt if Used as a Walkway. A general violation of 3210(a) was affirmed. The time for abatement was extended from three weeks to four months.
Employer was charged with violating the safety order for providing only one guardrail on a motor-driven baggage conveyor belt also used as a walkway by employees to gain access to the cargo area of an aircraft. The conveyor was used to move baggage from ground level to the
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