Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 18, 1992, Docket No. 91-R3D3-792 (Ontario, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Larry D. Gravette, Employee Relations Manager. For DOSH: Charles W. Cox, Senior Safety Engineer and Acting District Manager.
Employer, a paper mill manufacturing container board, was cited after a steam burn accident for general violation of 3310(a), alleging it failed to implement an effective procedure to protect workers from steam burns during unplugging of a thermal dispersal unit (TDU) with the damper doors open. The safety order requires the discharge opening from traps, drains and blowoffs to
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