Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 5, 1998, Docket Nos. 97-R2D5-3553 to 3555 (Tulare, CA). Bref French, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: David W. Smith, Consultant. For DOSH: Ron Medeiros, Staff Counsel.
Employer operated a steel mill. After an accident, the Division inspected and cited for one regulatory, one general and two serious violations, proposing penalties totaling $10,935. At the appeal hearing, the Division withdrew the regulatory violation for insufficient evidence and one serious violation, as duplicative of the other. It also revised severity and likelihood ratings for the general violation, amending the proposed penalty
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