16,014R Kaiser Steel Corporation Steel Manufacturing Group

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated January 24, 1985, Docket No. 79-R3D3-1211. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; L. A. Harrington and Alfred H. Song, Members.

The Appeals Board affirmed the ALJ decision of January 10, 1980 (Digest 13,675), denying Employer's appeal from a repeat/general violation of 5211(q)(1)(A) (coke ovens) for $175 penalty.

Independent Employee Action, Defense Rejected for Failure to Enforce Safety Requirement---Coke Oven Emissions, Protective Clothing.

"...(T)he Employer was engaged in the manufacture of steel. The Division's safety engineer observed a maintenance employee adding brake fluid to a `larry car'

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