Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision After Reconsideration dated June 16, 1983, Docket No. 78-R2D2-1194. Mark K. Bowers, Chairman; Charles Manfred, Member. The decision of the ALJ dated December 5, 1979 (Digest 13,614) was affirmed. The appeal from a serious violation of 4050(a) (line or countershafting guards) was denied and the proposed penalty of $175 was upheld.
Guards, Lines or Countershafting, Sufficient Evidence of Violation.
"Section 4050(a) requires all exposed parts of line or countershafting seven feet or less above the floor to be guarded. The evidence established that the drive shaft on the planer in Employer's machine shop building was ung
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