20,365 Oroville Cable & Equipment Co.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions
29 COR 40-4833 [¶ 20,365]

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - GUARDING MOVING PARTS 7 FEET OR LESS ABOVE FLOOR
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 4070(a) (2002) - Employer's air compressor and tank with a belt and pulley drive had at least 2 pinch points and was located about waist high. The existing front guard did not cover the back area, where an employee's hand could enter and suffer serious injury such as amputation.

PENALTIES - COMPUTATION
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 335(a)(2)ii (2002) - The Division's inspector improperly rated extent as high during penalty calculations for several viol

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