10,872 Guy F. Atkinson Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's decision dated February 24, 1976, Docket No. 75-R3D2-342. August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.

Employee, Independent Act Against Orders---Cranes, Operation Within Prohibited Clearance of High Voltage Lines. The appeal was granted and a citation, alleging a single nonserious violation of 8 Cal. Adm. Code 2946(b)(2), vacated along with the proposed $100 civil penalty.

Appellant was cited for a violation of Section 2946(b)(2) (minimum clearances of equipment from energized high voltage lines) when its truck mounted crane struck a 12,000 volt PG&E line. No one was injured and the only damage was sustained by the power line.

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