Standards Board Public Hearing – – Edison Seeks Changes in Proposal On Identifying Underground Power Lines

SAN DIEGO -- A Cal/OSHA proposal to prevent electrocutions of workers who inadvertently strike underground power sources by amending the High Voltage Electrical Safety Orders (HVESO) properly belongs in the Construction Safety Orders, the corporate safety manager for Southern California Edison told the Cal/OSH Standards Board at its Oct. 21 public hearing. There was one comment at the hearing on a proposal to update the general