Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated January 30, 1978, Docket No. 76-R6D5-297. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Ford B. Ford and Mark K. Bowers, Members.
The decision of the ALJ in this matter dated December 6, 1976 (Digest 11,464), was modified to the extent that an alleged serious violation of 5141(a) was held to be nonserious. A $100 penalty was affirmed.
[1] Time-weighted Average, Basis for Violation.
"Section 5141(a) provided on January 6, 1976, that engineering controls were to limit employee exposure to certain levels of specified airborne contaminants in all situations when such engineering controls were feasible. A primary ele
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