Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated September 30, 1987, Docket No. 86-R1D5-1415. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; L. A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.
The Appeals Board affirmed the ALJ decision of March 16, 1987 (Digest 17,046). The Board denied Employer's appeal from a repeat/general violation of 1517(a) (foot protection) with $150 penalty.
An employee operated a wacker-tamper without wearing steel boots or shoe covers. The wacker-tamper is a machine that "delivers intense, repeated strokes which would cause crushing injuries should it strike an unprotected foot... While Employer contends the approximate two-foot di
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