Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated March 18, 1983, Docket No. 82-R2D1-1394 (South Lake Tahoe, CA). H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ronald R. Newton, Administrator. For DOSH: William M. Rummell, Associate CSE.
This appeal was granted to the extent that an alleged serious violation of 4559(a) (garbage disposal equipment) was modified to a general violation and the proposed civil penalty of $300 was set aside.
Guarding, Garbage Disposal Equipment, Employer Unaware of Exposure to Injury. 4559(a) requires that disposal units shall have the feed throat guarded so that an employee's hand cannot contact the moving parts.
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