Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 2, 1985, Docket No. 84-R1D5-1090 (Rohnert Park, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Byron Geils, Personnel Director. For DOSH: Gerald E. Lombardo, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 3314(a) (cleaning, repairing and adjusting prime movers, machinery and equipment) was affirmed, with $240 penalty.
Saws, Blade Rotating After Stop Button Pressed. An employee pressed the stop button on a double-edge trim saw and attempted to clear one of its blades of jammed-up wood scraps. Unknown to him, the blade was still rotating; he was injured, resulting in amputation of his index finger. Emp
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