17,872 Gordon Brush

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated January 17, 1992, Docket No. 91-R4D2-658 (Los Angeles, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Irwin Trester, Attorney. For DOSH: Joel Foss, Compliance Safety Engineer.

An accident investigation led to citation of Employer, a wire brush manufacturer, for serious violation of General Industry 4211 (c) because it operated a multiple operator glue press with two-hand trip controls without individual controls for each station. An $1,100 penalty was proposed.

An employee was seriously injured when his hand was caught in the glue press. He had been standing at one of the

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