Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 14, 1978, Docket No. 78-R1D2-197. Paul G. Smith, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Robert Lynch, President. For DIS: C. S. VanBlummestein, CSE.
V-Belts and Pulley Drive, Guarded by Location. An alleged serious violation of 4070(c) was dismissed.
"The remoteness of the V-belt and pulley, and the lack of any likelihood of contact with it require a finding that it was guarded by location. Fully screen guarded on three sides with the drive end three feet from the edge behind the motor, there was no apparent way, short of an intentional act, that an employee would come in contact with the nip point. The viol
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