Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated April 25, 1983, Docket No. 81-R4D4-1313 (Irwindale, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: I. Bruce Speiser, Attorney. For DOSH: Stephen S. Handin, Staff Counsel.
This appeal was denied. The alleged serious violation of 3314(d) (blocking equipment during repair) and the proposed $150 penalty were affirmed.
Equipment, Repairs, Securing to Prevent Inadvertent Movement. Several employees of the Employer were in a pit working on a drive unit when 170 [degrees] liquid spent grain material spilled out of the holding tanks onto them. At the time, the Reeves-drive unit was not locked out and th
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