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Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 18, 1987, Docket No. 86-R4D1-1176 (Los Angeles, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: French Stone, Attorney. For DOSH: Carl Wilson, Associate Industrial Hygienist.
Two general violations were affirmed:
5220(j)(1)(A) (ethylene oxide). EtO (a potential carcinogen and reproductive hazard) was used for instrument sterilization in Employer's hospital. The safety order requires specified warning signs in "regulated areas," which employers must establish wherever employer exposure "may" exceed the permissible exposure limit (PEL). The concentrations measure
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