Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated September 7, 1983, Docket No. 83-R4D2-419 (Montebello, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Howard J. Bare, President. For DOSH: Vincent Ruiz, Graduate Legal Assistant.
The appeal was denied. An alleged general violation of 5208(1)(1)(A) (asbestos) and the $500 proposed penalty were affirmed.
Asbestos, Registering with Chief Required---Asbestos, Occasional Exposure Not a Defense. Employer regularly makes new heat exchangers and pressure vessels, with 10% of its business involving repair of old heat exchangers. "Once or twice a year" insulation is removed during these repair jobs and t
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