27 COR 40-4066 [19,792R]
PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION - GROUNDS
Employer did not specify in its petition which ground or grounds for reconsideration it was relying on. Furthermore, it was precluded from challenging the existence of the violation on reconsideration, since it had not contested the violation in the original appeal.
DEFENSE - INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION
The original ALJ finding that an employee fatally injured in a mower accident was not sufficiently experienced in the job being performed, the first element of this defense, was upheld on reconsideration. The ALJ's finding that the mower he was repairing was different from those with wh
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