Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 3, 1985, Docket No. 85-R2D1-0067 (San Francisco, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Michael C. Jonas, Attorney. For DOSH: Robert W. Hackbart, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 3203(a)(1) (accident prevention program) was affirmed, with $300 penalty.
Accident Prevention Program, Training in Hazards Unique to Job Assignment, Insufficiently Specific---Gas, Failure to Sufficiently Instruct Servicemen in Asphyxiation Hazards.
A contractor struck and ruptured a gas line while drilling a street light foundation hole. Such episodes are known as digins. Employer sent a gas ser
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