Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 19, 1991, Docket No. 91-R3D3-030 (Beaumont, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Dexter Penman, Attorney. For DOSH: Lonnie Kobus, Associate Safety Engineer.
Employer operated an orange juice bottling plant. Citation for serious violation of 3314(a) and proposed penalty of $1,800 resulted from an accident investigation after an employee attempted to adjust and service the chain and sprocket drive on a bottling machine without deenergizing it first. He had only turned off power at the machine and had not deenergized at a circuit breaker. While he worked under the machine another empl
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