Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 20, 1983, Docket No. 83-R1D1-083 (Pleasanton, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Clair Hay, Safety Manager. For DOSH: Melissa Frumin, CSE.
This appeal was denied. The alleged serious violation of 4075(a) (guarding gears and sprockets) and the proposed $150 penalty were established. The abatement date was extended.
Guarding, Gears and Sprockets---Abatement, Date Unreasonable. The lower sprocket on the Employer's cement transit mixer was not guarded by complete enclosure. To abate the violation, the Employer was required to extend the existing guard to wrap around the right side of the c
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