Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 30, 1990, Docket No. 90-R3D2-792 (San Diego, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Randy Grasmick, Operations Manager. For DOSH: Jean P. Dickey, Associate Safety Engineer.
On a penalty-only appeal from a serious violation of 3326(d) (servicing single, split and multi-piece rims or wheels), the penalty was reduced from $2,000 to $500.
Penalties, Appeals Board Power to Modify.
A light truck tire exploded when an employee inflated it on a single-piece wheel without using "a barrier, restraining device or hold-down." The violation caused serious injury, including a fractured arm, to
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