STEEL MANUFACTURING GROUP
Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated March 5, 1981, Docket No. 78-R3D3-1161. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The decision of the ALJ dated April 25, 1979 (Digest 13,248) establishing a general violation of 5211(q)(1)(E) (employer shall provide safety shoes for coke oven workers) was affirmed.
Personal Protective Equipment, Employer---Personal Protective Equipment, Fed-OSHA Rules Not Controlling.
Employer argued, inter alia, that it was not required to pay for safety shoes because it is not explicitly stated in the safety orders.
"The particular citation at issue
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