Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 30, 1993, Docket No. 92-R4D3-1577 (Westlake Village, CA). Barbara E. Miller, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Andrew C. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Kenneth Prior, Associate Safety Engineer.
Employer was manufacturing boiler parts. An employee lost the fleshy tip of his middle finger when it was pinched between a piece of stock and the outer vertical surface of the lower die of a mechanically powered press brake. The Division investigated, citing a serious violation of 4214(b)(9)(B) and proposing a $5,000 penalty.
Guarding, Press Brakes (4214(b)(9)(B)). Serious violation and penalty set aside.
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