10,587 Shell Chemical Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's decision dated September 30, 1975, Docket No. 74-R2D5-473. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Harold Mitchell, Members. H. W. Sherbourne, Hearing Officer.

Citation, Accuracy Required, Improperly Cited Code Section. The appeal from an alleged violation of Section 5165(d) was granted and the proposed penalty of $85 was vacated.

Appellant operated a large oil refinery. Contested was the alleged failure to provide adequate ventilation during a cleaning operation involving a large storage tank.

Appellant charged that the citation was improper in that it alleged a violation of Section 5165(d) applicable to tanks containing a co

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