Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 3, 1983, Docket No. 82-R2D1-339 (West Sacramento, CA). Robert A. Heron, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Duane E. Reeder, Accounting Controls Manager. For DOSH: Robert W. Hackbart, Associate CSE.
This appeal was denied. The alleged general violation of 4003 (guarding hazardous shear points) and the proposed $75 penalty were affirmed.
Guarding, Hazardous Shear Points, Scissors Lift. The platform of one of the Employer's bottle case packers was moved up and down by a hydraulically-powered scissors lift; the elements of the scissors lift created a shearing action between themselves and between the
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