Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 2, 1992, Docket No. 92-R2D1-072 (Sacramento, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Eugene Wells, President. For DOSH: Harold Mitchell, Safety Engineer.
Seat Belts (1596)(a)). Serious violation affirmed with $200 penalty. Employer's job superintendent operated a Bobcat, a small front-end loader with a brake horsepower rating above 20, without using the seat belt with which it was equipped. The violation was established. It was properly classified serious based on substantial probability of serious physical harm or death from an accident and the management stature of the operator which
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