Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated August 11, 1982, Docket No. 81-R3D2-0256 (El Centro, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Merrill F. Storms Jr., Attorney. For DOSH: Marilyn H. Levin, Staff Counsel.
This appeal was granted: the alleged serious violation of 3556(b) (unsafe hand tools) and the proposed $150 penalty were vacated.
Hand Tools, Short-Handled Hoe, "Impermissibly" Unsafe, Practical Alternatives. The Employer had at least two crews working weeding operations of its lettuce fields. The Division alleged that lettuce knives were used for the weeding and that the short-handled knives required workers to stoop over fo
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