20,078R Wallace Computer Services

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

28 COR 40-4413 [20,078R]

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - LOCKING OUT OR DE-ENERGIZING DURING REPAIR AND SET-UP OPERATIONS

CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 3314(b) (2001) - The Appeals Board reversed an ALJ decision granting an appeal, finding that an injured employee was engaged in a set-up operation and the machinery was not locked-out or de-energized at the time. The employee was observing a press while it was running, and Employer could have been excepted from the requirements of subsection (b) by complying with subsection (e), but it did not.

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Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated July 9, 2001, Docket No. 98-R3D1-2159.

Marcy V. Saunder

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