42 COR 40-7290 [¶22,507]
HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION – HIGH-HEAT PROCEDURES
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3395(f)(3) (2015) – Employer was not required to have high-heat provisions in its heat illness prevention plan because it was not in the construction industry.
USE, CARE AND PROTECTION OF ABRASIVE WHEELS – PROTECTION DEVICES, PROTECTION HOODS OR SAFETY GUARDS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3577(b) (2015) – The wheel of Employer’s bench grinder was not properly guarded, but the Division did not establish employee exposure to the hazard.
GROUNDING – GROUNDING CONNECTIONS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 2395.23(a) (2015) – Employer used an electrical cord that was missing a grounding pin, a general violation.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION – RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAM
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5144(c)(1) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for lack of an adequate respiratory protection program.
CONFINED SPACES – PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES, EVALUATION OF WORKPLACE
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5157(c)(1) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for failure to evaluate truck-based metal tanks for the purpose of determining whether the tanks were permit-required confined spaces.
CONFINED SPACES – PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES, WRITTEN PERMIT SPACE PROGRAM
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5157(c)(4) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for lack of a written permit-required confined space program.
CONFINED SPACES – PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES, PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5157(d)(1) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for lack of means, procedures, or practices necessary for safe access to permit-required confined spaces.
CONFINED SPACES – PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES, ENTRY PERMIT
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5157(f) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for lack of adequate entry permits for permit-required confined spaces.
CONFINED SPACES – PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACES, TRAINING
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5157(g)(1) (2015) – The Division failed to establish a violation for failure to train employees entering permit-required confined spaces.
Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated August 19, 2015, Docket Nos. 14-R4D7-3738 through 3743 (Bakersfield, CA).
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