Digest of OSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated October 28, 1987, Docket No. 86-R4D1-0055. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; L. A. Harrington, Member.
The Appeals Board reversed the ALJ decision of November 14, 1986 (Digest 16,887). The Board granted Employer's appeal from an alleged serious violation of 5162(c) (corrosive liquids).
The safety order provides: "(c) Wherever any of the operations described in (b) are regularly or frequently performed, quick-acting deluge showers, and bubble-fountain or other method of simultaneously washing both eyes shall be provided."
The Board found that a corrosive paint-stripping compound was not handled or
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