Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated November 21, 1991, Docket No. 91-R4D1-042. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Larry A. Harrington, Member.
The Appeals Board reinstated and affirmed the ALJ decision dated May 7, 1991 (Digest 17,670), which had denied Employer's appeal from the serious classification of a violation of General Industry 5162(e) and a $2,000 civil penalty.
Employer had been cited for and admitted violation of 5162(e) which requires "(p)lumbed eyewash and shower equipment to be activated at least monthly to flush the line and to verify proper operation..." A chemist, in flames as a result of a laboratory explosion, tri
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