Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 17, 1991, Docket Nos. 90-R4D3-871 and 872 (Sun Valley, CA). Manual M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Lennox Welsh, Attorney.
Of two alleged general violations, one was affirmed and the other vacated. An alleged serious violation was vacated, with proposed $1,200 penalty.
Employer, a recycler of rock-based roadway materials, was cited after investigation of a fatal accident in which an employee was dragged into a conveyor system while cleaning it.
Guarding, To Be Secured in Place, Removal for Adjustment (3942(a)). General violation affirmed. Th
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