Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 22, 1993, Docket Nos. 92-R1D5-1693 to 1695 (San Francisco, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: John C. Volke, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt. For International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: Landis Marttila, Senior Business Representative.
Employer operated a facility at which it extracted steam from geysers, cleaned it of debris and piped it into a power plant to turn steam turbines, thereby powering generators to produce electricity. The geyser steam fields, and the nature of the work, created a work environment that led Employer to require employees to use respiratory
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