Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 1, 1997, Docket Nos. 96-R3D3-1515 to 1521 (Chino, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Michael C. Bushey, Consultant. For DOSH: Leonard G. Strom, Attorney.
Employer manufactured after-market wheels for vehicles and distributed them to 34 outlets. The Division's inspection was based on an accident report and an earlier complaint. Citations were issued for seven serious violations with proposed penalties totaling $8,300. At a prehearing conference before another ALJ, the parties resolved all but one of the alleged violations: two serious violations and penalties of $5,000 and $750
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