Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 29, 1986, Docket No. 85-R3D4-1929 (Cerritos, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Paul Bolnik, Vice President. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
An alleged serious violation of 5557(f) (cylinder storage) was vacated.
Combustible Liquid, Transfer by Gravity Flow and Compressed Air Pumps Prohibited, Failure to Prove Ink Was Liquid.
Employer, a printing ink manufacturer, was charged with transferring combustible liquid (from vats to shipping containers) "by means of pumps that use gravity flow and compressed air."
Employer contended that its ink is not a liquid. "The ma
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