Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 21, 1990, Docket No. 89-R1D5-469 (Eureka, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Benito Lim, President. For DOSH: David Gauthier, Associate CSE.
A violation of 4542(c)(1) (food mixers) was reduced from serious to general, eliminating a proposed $225 penalty.
"The Employer, a company engaged in the production of tortillas, tortilla chips and other Mexican style foods, was cited by the Division because two horizontal tilting food mixers could be operated in the tilted position by an operator whose hands were free to reach into the uncovered mixer."
The Division's engineer saw one o
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