Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated July 16, 1984, Docket Nos. 84-R5D3-015 thru 018 (Bakersfield, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Mark Smith, Safety Director. For DOSH: Glenn W. Yeoman, Associate CSE.
A general violation of 3382(a) was affirmed, as were serious violations of 6580(a) and 6549 with penalties of $135 each. An alleged repeat/serious violation of 3210(a) was vacated.
Eye Protection, Use of Worn. Chisel Head in Cable Cutting Device. Cable was being cut in a guillotine device by repeated hammering on a chisel head. The chisel head was "mushroomed"--worn by repeated sledgehammer blows--making fragments mor
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