Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 5, 1996, Docket No. 94-R3D5-2331 (Long Beach, CA). Barbara E. Miller, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Leonard Strom, Staff Counsel.
Employer, an aircraft manufacturer, was inspected following an accident and cited for a serious violation with a proposed $5,000 penalty.
Machine Guarding, Machinery Presenting Similar Hazards to Group 8 (4184(b)). Serious violation and $5,000 penalty set aside.
The accident involved a machine that heat sealed mylar sheets over insulation to be used in aircraft bodies, under conditions of extremely close, government-specified
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