14,518 United States Pipe And Foundry

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

COMPANY

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 12, 1981, Docket No. 80-R1D4-258 (Union City, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: John P. Macmeeken, Attorney. For DOSH: Rena Rickles, Staff Counsel.

This appeal was granted. An alleged serious violation of 3203(a)(1) and a penalty of $160 were set aside.

Safety Program, Training Held Sufficient Despite Employee Injury.

An employee was injured when he was struck in the back by an 18-foot long, 24-inch diameter pipe. At the time of the accident he was using pipe packaging equipment to band pipes with steel bands for shipment. There was a pipe stop actuated by a lever w

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