Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 17, 1987, Docket No. 86-R3D5-1430 (Gardena, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Milton W. Snyder, President. For DOSH: Phillip F. Valenti Jr., CSE.
A regulatory/general violation of 5214(d)(1) (inorganic arsenic) was affirmed, but the $500 proposed penalty was vacated. The safety order requires registration with the Chief of the Division wirhin 60 days after introduction of inorganic arsenic into the workplace. Two forms of inorganic arsenic were stored with other chemicals in a room where employees were working.
"The Employer advanced uncontroverted evidence that the arsenic h
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