Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 9, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R5D1-1218 and 1219 (Coronoa, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Abdel H. Chehade, President. For DOSH: James Mason, District Manager.
Two asbestos violations were affirmed: one regulatory of 5208(1)(1)(C), failure to report a specified use of asbestos, and one serious of 5208(c)(2), failure to clean up an asbestos spill promptly. The $500 penalty for the regulatory violation was affirmed; the $1,000 proposed penalty for failure to clean up a spill was set aside.
Asbestos, Reporting Use to Division, Employer's Knowledge of Use Not Required to Establish Reg
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