SAN DIEGO - On July 29, the Cal-OSHA Mining and Tunneling Unit completed its inspection and investigation of the runaway locomotive accident in MTA tunnel #4 on March 11 and cited the joint venture for 20 violations of Title 8 safety orders. The proposed penalty is $302,625---only the second "jumbo" penalty ever issued by the Mining and Tunneling Unit.The injury accident happened while employees were riding a "loky," a train used for transporting materials in the tunnel, when the brakes failed. (Se
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