Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 17, 1990, Docket No. 90-R3D1-593 (Torrance, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Hubert H. Kim, Process Engineering Manager. For DOSH: James Brown, District Manager.
A serious violation of 5208(c)(1) was affirmed, with $2,000 penalty.
Employer had some of its employees removing a tile floor in one of its stores. The tiles were determined to contain asbestos, and Employer was cited for not using wet methods (such as application of surfactants) in the removal job. Instead, the tiles were heated to soften their glue, then pried loose with scrapers and chisels. Some of them would
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