Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 14, 1993, Docket No. 92-R2D5-1037 (Sanger, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Rosemary Kallio, Business Manager and Publisher. For DOSH: Rea Baker, Associate Safety Engineer.
Inspection of an accident, in which an employee's hand was caught between the rollers of a rotary newspaper press, resulted in citation for serious violation and a proposed $3,500 penalty.
Guarding, Point of Operation (4440). Serious violation reduced to general; penalty reduced to $225. The regulation requires guarding on the in-running sides of power operated rollers to prevent an operator from getting
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