Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated January 23, 1984, Docket No. 83-R4D3-940 (Compton, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Richard H. Bushnell, Plant Manager. For DOSH: Vincent Ruiz, Graduate Legal Assistant.
This appeal was denied. A serious violation of 3999(b) (guarding on conveyors) and a proposed penalty of $185 were affirmed.
Guarding Machinery or Equipment, Conveyor Belt Nip Points, Adequacy. The Division inspector testified that at the Employer's record factory there was a conveyor belt lacking a guard at the end of the line, where there was a nip point between the upper conveyor belt and the tail pulley. He
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