Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 17, 1989, Docket No. 88-R1D1-046 (San Francisco, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Sue Drost Cone, Industrial Hygienist. For DOSH: Ron E. Medeiros, Attorney.
A serious violation of 5208(c)(2) (asbestos) was affirmed.
Asbestos: Definition of "Spill"; Degree of Hazard.
The safety order requires that asbestos spills be cleaned up promptly. Employer's vehicle maintenance yard included a brake repair area where asbestos-containing brake shoe materials had been used two years or more earlier. Of 10 dust samples collected at the site, three contained asbestos.
It was proper to i
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