35 COR 40-6045 [¶ 21,182] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – GUARDING POINT OF OPERATION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4184(b) (2007) – An employee’s finger amputation on a tube bending machine was a serious, accident-related violation. Employer failed to guard sufficiently the point of operation, a serious injury was caused by the violation, Employer did …
34 COR 40-5978 [¶ 21,116] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – DE-ENERGIZING AND LOCKING OR BLOCKING OUT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3314(a) (now (c)) (2004) – The cited safety order did not apply where the employer had no reason to expect that an employee assigned only to sweep up sawdust around a table saw would …
33 COR 40-5720 [¶ 20,821] EQUIPMENT – OPERATED UNDER CONDITION OF STRESS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(a) (2006) – The Division did not provide sufficient evidence to establish that a pipe fitting that failed under pressure was subjected to conditions of stress that endangered employees. Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s decision dated June 14, 2006, …
33 COR 40-5711 [¶ 20,817] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – PROTECTING FOOT-OPERATED DEVICES FROM UNINTENDED OPERATION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4185 (2006) – The Division failed to prove that the cited safety order applied. It requires protecting foot-operated devices from unintentional operation. But Employer’s foot-operated chop saw was otherwise fully guarded, and was not …
Employers engaged in earthmoving and hauling operations must ensure that equipment operators know of the immediate presence of workers on foot, a California Court of Appeal has ruled, upholding a Superior Court judgment and a Cal/OSH Appeals Board Decision After Reconsideration. The Third Appellate District of the Court of Appeal ruled this month that the …