Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated October 20, 1983, Docket No. 78-R2D4-1083. Mark K. Bowers, Chairman; Charles Manfred, Member.
The Decision of the ALJ (Digest 13,039) was affirmed. The appeal from a violation of 3270(b) was denied.
Safe Platform or Maintenance Runway.
"Employer operates a canning business. A mechanic injured her hand while realigning a metal flange on a sheave which had been bent due to a can jamming. The evidence established that cans often jam up on the sheave. They are generally unjammed by using long tools. The sheaves are bent on the average of once a month.
"Section 3270(b) provides that every permanen
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