Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 7, 1985, Docket No. 84-R1D2-440 (Sunnyvale, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ralph A. Hurvitz, Senior Counsel. For DOSH: Mako Imamura, CSE.
Alleged general violations of 4300(e) (circular rip saw) and 3203(a)(1) (accident prevention program) were vacated.
Rip Saw, Alignment with Spreader---Evidence, Employee Opinion Alone Not Sufficient.
Section 4300(e) "states that a spreader shall be aligned with the saw blade on a circular ripsaw. The Division's proof that the saw was not aligned was the testimony of one employee that dust was kicked into the air and that he believed the
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