Cal/OSHA Investigations

Citations in Los Gatos Gas Blast; Worker Dies in – 80-Foot Fall off Scaffold

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued citations to a Los Gatos plumbing company in the Jan. 7 gas explosion at a luxury auto dealership in that city, which resulted in serious injuries to two workers.The explosion occurred as the workers were replacing a valve system while installing a water heater. They suffered second- and third-degree burns.DOSH cited the employer for a violation of 342(a) reporting requirements, with a $5,000 proposed penalty,

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