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Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 1, 1986, Docket No. 85-R3D4-1058 (Los Angeles, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William Swan, President, and Lloyd Bansmer, Vice President. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
A $2,815 additional penalty, on notice of failure to correct, was vacated.
Cotton Dust: Engineering Controls Unfeasible for Reaching Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL); Employer Not Liable for Failure to Correct. Employer makes cotton batting, which involves felt processing. Employee exposure to cotton dust exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL). Employer was cited for v
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