Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 30, 1991, Docket No. 91-R3D2-065 (San Diego, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: D. W. Gudgel. For DOSH: Jean Dickey, Associate Safety Engineer.
A general violation of 3235(n) (doors) was affirmed.
An employee lost a fingertip while closing a door in Employer's aircraft factory. The Division charged that Employer failed to provide a doorknob. Employer's defense was that the door was not an exit and that 3235(n) therefore did not require a knob.
The safety order provides: "Latches. A latch or other fastening device on a door shall be provided with a knob, handle, panic bar, or other
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