Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 25, 1976, Docket Nos. 75-R2D6-917 and 75-R2D6-1018. August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
[1] Guarding, Lockout Controls---[2] Violation, Serious vs Nonserious [Employer Knowledge of Conditions]. This appeal consolidated two alleged serious violations of 3314(b). The first (citation dated September 12, 1975) arose when a scroll shear operator lost portions of his ring and middle fingers during attempts to clear a jam in his machine on August 11, 1975. The second (citation dated October 17, 1975, arose when a shift foreman lost his index finger while inspecting a stopped palletizer machine on September 4
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