Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 25, 1986, Docket Nos. 85-R3D1-1002 and 1003 (La Habra, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Theodore P. Polich Jr., Attorney. For DOSH: Michael Divjak, Associate CSE.
A general violation of 3339(b) (access to piled materials or equipment) was affirmed. An alleged serious violation of 4542(a) (mixer interlock devices) was vacated, with $300 proposed penalty.
Meat Mixer, Safe Means of Access, Obligation to Provide Implies Obligation to Enforce Use. A meat cutter in one of Employer's grocery stores stood on the frame of a Hobart meat mixer to reach a hinged cover and throw meat into the
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