Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated February 28, 1985, Docket No. 84-R2D5-522 (Fresno, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert T. Cherry, Managing Director, Valley Employers Association. For DOSH: Jay Conde, Associate CSE.
Employer appealed only the penalty for a serious violation of 4475(b) (commercial sewing machines). It was affirmed at $100.
Guarding, Pulley---Penalty, Properly Assessed. Employer, an exercise equipment manufacturer, was cited after a post-complaint inspection.
"The Employer admitted that the upper pulley of the commercial sewing machine used for sewing upholstery was not guarded. The lack of a g
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