Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated October 16, 1980, Docket No. 77-R4D1-1133. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The decision of the ALJ in this matter, which established a serious violation of 3314(d) was affirmed.
Safety Program, Training Employees---Machinery and Equipment, Blocking Against Inadvertent Movement---Employer Defenses, Employee Independent Act, Construed.
"Employer employed a mechanic for approximately two months. On the day of the alleged violation, the shop foreperson assigned the mechanic to check relay switches under a conveyor bed on a mobile conveyor. In order to inspe
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