Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 16, 1986, Docket No. 85-R1D2-983 (Mountain View, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ed Richards, President. For DOSH: C. S. Van Blommestein, Associate CSE.
The $100 penalty for a serious violation of 4309(b) (horizontal pull saw) was affirmed.
Saw, Horizontal, Stop Required to Prevent Travel Beyond Front of Table---Penalty, for Serious Violation, Reasonable Despite Immediate Abatement. The blade of a horizontal saw extended beyond the front of the saw table, in admitted violation of the cited safety order. It was corrected immediately, while the Division's engineer was present.
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