COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

By: Rick Waldinger

39 COR 40-6783 [¶22,045R]

HAND PROTECTION - GLOVES NEAR MACHINERY
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3384(b) (2012) - The note following the safety order does not create an exception to the prohibition against wearing gloves near machinery that creates a danger of entanglement. The Board upheld the ALJ’s conclusion that an entanglement hazard existed based on the machine’s physical attributes and the occurrence of the serious injury.

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