Digest of COSHAB's Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated November 4, 1994, Docket No. 91-R2D3-1229. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Bill Duplissea and Bryan E. Carver, Members.
The Appeals Board denied Employer's petition, affirming the ALJ decision of August 26, 1994 (Digest 18,609), that found a serious violation of 3999(b) and assessed a $2,800 penalty.
Employer collected wood debris and other waste products from active and inactive sawmills, selling the material to others for remanufacture. An unguarded tail pulley on a bark conveyor was the cause of injury to a worker who attempted to clear accumulating bark that was making the conveyor be
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