Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated April 23, 1981, Docket No. 80-R3D3-853. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
Guarding, Band Saws, 4310[a] Construed.
The decision of the ALJ in this matter (Digest 14,106) which established a serious violation of 4310(a) was reversed.
"The Appeals Board reverses the Administrative Law Judge and concludes that section 4310(a) does not require that a band saw blade be enclosed or guarded between the down travel guide roll and the table nor that any additional protection, if provided by an employer, be adjusted and maintained to restrict the danger zone to only
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