Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 17, 1993, Docket No. 92-R3D1-667 (La Habra, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Rolf Hess, President. For DOSH: Lynn Nesbitt, Associate Safety Engineer.
Employer was cited after an accident to an employee on a punch press for regulatory violation of 342(a) and a $300 penalty was proposed. Employer appealed the penalty amount only.
Reporting, Serious Injury (342(a)). Regulatory violation and penalty affirmed. Employer admitted it did not report the injury; a violation existed by operation of law. Its contention that the penalty was unreasonable, based on its unfamiliarity with the
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