Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated October 17, 1984, Docket No. 83-R4D3-574 (Van Nuys, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Allan Coie, Staff Counsel.
A serious violation of 3482(f) (bulk storage of loose material) was affirmed, with $375 penalty.
Materials Handling, Protection Against Loose Materials, Sand---Independent Employee Action, Defense Rejected. Employer made paving material from a combination of rock, sand, and liquid asphalt. The sand was stored wet and loose in a tank-shaped bunker, from which it would flow by gravity feed to a conveyor. Sand had not been flowing properl
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