Madden Bolt Corp., Houston, Texas

The employer is contesting a two-item repeat citation in three parts, a two-item serious citations, an other-than-serious citation, and a penalty of $73,498. The repeat citation is for the alleged violations of 29 C.F.R. 1910.212(a)(1), for failure to provide machine guarding to protect operators and other employees from hazards created by moving parts; 29 C.F.R. 1910.219(d)(1), for failure to guard pulleys with parts seven feet or less from the floor or work platform; and 29 C.F.R. 1910.219(e)(1)(i), for failure to ensure that horizontal belts which had both runs 42 inches or less from the floor were not fully enclosed by ...