Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 3, 1985, Docket No. 84-R1D5-916 (Napa, CA). Elise Manders, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Jerry Schwaiger, President. For DOSH: Stephan A. Williams, Associate CSE.
The penalty for a repeat/serious violation of 4308(a) (circular knives, Class A) was reduced from $500 to $100, and abatement as carried out by Employer and approved by the Division was held reasonable. (Employer contested only the penalty and the abatement requirement.)
Knives, Circular, Guarding---Abatement, 70 Percent Effective Approved---Penalty, Mitigation, Employer's Efforts to Abate as Factor. A circular knife built in Employer'
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