Digest of COSHAB's Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated May 31, 1991, Docket No. 90-R4D2-1035. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Larry A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.
The Appeals Board denied Employer's Petition for Reconsideration, finding that it raised no valid reason for reconsidering the ALJ decision of March 1, 1991 (Digest17,610). The Board adopted the ALJ decision, denying the appeal from a serious violation of 4553 (food and tobacco machinery, meat choppers, Class A), with $2,000 penalty.
An employee was seriously injured when a rotating knife blade flew out of the vacuum meat-cutter he was operating. The vacuum lid on
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