44 COR 40-7807 [¶22,669]
FLEXIBLE CORDS AND CABLES – USES NOT PERMITTED, SUBSTITUTE FOR FIXED WIRING OF A STRUCTURE
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 2500.8(a)(1) (2017) – Employer violated the safety order by failing to ensure that the flexible extension cord powering a paint mixer was not substituted for the fixed wiring of the building.
WOODWORKING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT – TABLE SAWS, MANUAL FEED (CLASS B) – GUARDED BY HOOD
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4300.1(a) (2017) – Employer failed to ensure that a hand-fed table saw was guarded by a hood that completely enclosed the portion of the saw above the table and the portion of the blade above the material being cut.
WOODWORKING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT – TABLE SAWS, MANUAL FEED (CLASS B) – SPREADER PROVIDED AND FASTENED SECURELY TO SAW
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4300.1(b) (2017) – Employer failed to ensure that a saw was equipped with a spreader fastened securely to the saw.
WOODWORKING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT – TABLE SAWS, MANUAL FEED (CLASS B) – RIPPING OPERATIONS, HOOD OR OTHER GUARD DESIGNED TO PREVENT “KICKBACK”
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4300.1(c)(1) (2017) – Employer failed to ensure that a saw was guarded by a hood designed to prevent a “kickback.”
Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated February 6, 2017, Inspection No. 1016945.
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