Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated May 30, 1995, Docket Nos. 92-R4D5-810 and 811. Elaine W. Donaldson, Chairman; Bull Duplissea and Bryan E. Carver, Members.
The Appeals Board affirmed in its entirety the ALJ decision of October 29, 1993 (Digest 18,422), upholding two serious violations and their penalties of $1,200 each.
The violations arose from an accident in which a worker, while changing a belt on a water booster pump, lost his balance and inadvertently hit the starter switch on the equipment. When the engine cranked his hand was caught in the pulley and he lost a finger segment.
Penalties, Computation. At the hearing, the
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