14,977 J. R. Norton Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 13, 1982, Docket Nos. 81-R1D2-1206, 1263 and 1264 (Salinas, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: James W. Bogart, Attorney. For DOSH: Frank Morse, CSE.

An alleged general violation of 3384 (safety protection for hands) was vacated. Serious violations of 3441(b) (operator at controls of self-propelled agricultural equipment) and 3999(b) (guarding on conveyor pulleys) were affirmed by a stipulation to reduce the penalties from $465 to $300 in the aggregate.

Hand Protection, Truck Drivers and Lettuce Box Stitchers.

"Employer is engaged in the farming business. It was charged with havi

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