27 COR 40-4189 [19,887]
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - POINT OF OPERATION GUARDING
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 4184(b) (2000) - The only way to reach into the point of operation of a plastic trimming machine was by intentional action; the knife blades were well inside the machine and an interlocked safety gate was in place to cut power to the machinery. No violation was established.
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Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 5, 2000, Docket No. 99-R3D1-2731 (Orange, CA).
Jack L. Hesson, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Keith Sharp, Attorney.
For DOSH: Alan Coie, Staff Counsel.
Employer manufactured blow-molded plastic pots. Following an
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