Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated March 29, 1983, Docket Nos. 82-R4D3-1184 and 1185 (Whittier, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Sam Fryefield, Director of Safety. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
A general violation of 1592(a) (backup warning devices on trucks of over 2 1/2 cubic yard capacity) was affirmed; no penalty was proposed. A serious violation of 4003 (crane pinch and shear points guarding) was vacated due to insufficient evidence along with the $175 proposed penalty. Employer established that the alleged pinch point was outside the reach of the crane operator and that no other employee was expose
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