Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated July 30, 1982, Docket No. 81-R3D4-1569 (South Gate, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William H. Watts, President. For DOSH: Philip L. Barker, Associate CSE.
This appeal was denied and a serious violation of 4353(a)(2) (deadman controls on baler) was established with a related penalty of $110.
Baler, Deadman Control Required.
"8 Cal. Adm. Codes 4353(a)(2) requires that compaction balers shall be guarded by, among other methods, deadman controls so located that the operator cannot reach the point of operation while operating the controls. The baler operator was able to operate the
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