General Motors Corp. v. Bureau of Safety & Regulation

Respondent appeals as of right an April 7, 1982, Wayne County Circuit Court opinion which reversed a decision of the Board of Health and Safety Compliance and Appeals (board) upholding a safety citation issued by respondent against petitioner, General Motors Corporation.

On October 28, 1977, one of respondent’s safety inspection officers observed a mechanical press at petitioner’s Kalamazoo plant without a protective gate. The inspector issued petitioner a safety citation alleging that petitioner failed to provide an operation guard or device on the press contrary to the respondent Department…