Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated July 3, 1984, Docket Nos. 83-R4D3-1014 thru 1017 (Compton, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Mike Gamliel, Executive Vice President. For DOSH: Thomas S. Butler Jr., District Manager.
Total penalties (the only issues on appeal pursuant to stipulation at the hearing) for one regulatory and three serious violations of the asbestos safety orders were reduced from $3,500 to $700.
Asbestos Violations, Penalties, Mitigating Factors---Multiple Citations for Related Violations; "Serious" Classification Based on Policy, Not Evidence; Employer's Prompt Compliance, Economic Hardship. Employ
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