OF CALIFORNIA, INC. BFI WASTE SYSTEMS
Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated January 21, 1992, Docket No. 91-R4D1-711 (Gardena, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Carla Ledbetter, Safety Manager. For DOSH: Jose Victor Cedro, Assistant Safety Engineer.
Employer, a waste management company, was cited for serious violation of General Industry 4355(c)(1), after a trash collector's glove was caught on a piece of furniture and his arm pulled into the hopper's packer blade. A penalty of $1,500 was proposed.
The safety order requires employee training to ensure that operators of mobile collection/compaction equipment make certain
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