Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated August 30, 1982, Docket No. 81-R3D4-1207. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The Decision dated March 19, 1982 (Digest 14,909) was reinstated and affirmed. The Employer filed the Petition for Reconsideration. The Division did not file an Answer.
Guarding, Machinery and Equipment, Belt Conveyor Pulleys. An employee was injured when his arm was caught in the nip point of a conveyor belt pulley covered by a piece of flexible belting material. The ALJ found the Employer in violation of 3999(b) because the guarding along the belt exposed areas where someone could
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