Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated May 2, 1990, Docket No. 89-R4D5-065. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Larry A. Harrington and Michael R. Monagan, Members.
The Appeals Board reversed the ALJ decision of October 17, 1989; the Board granted Employer's appeal from an alleged serious violation of 4215 (hydraulic power presses (punch presses)).
The Board held that Employer's Dake press and its welding shop press were not subject to the point-of-operation guarding requirements of the safety order as machines included in Group 8 of the General Industry Safety Orders. Nor, the Board held, do these presses present similar hazards to those
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