11,885 Pacific Gas And Electric Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 31, 1977, Docket No. 75-R1D1-465. H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.

For App: Mike Gerson, Attorney. For DIS: John Hawkes,Administrative Chief.

Electrical, Guarding, High Voltage. A serious violation of 2940(d) was established. The $600 proposed penalty was affirmed.

"All the evidence presented shows that if a grounding took place, there was a substantial probability of death or serious physical injury at the time of the alleged violation. The grounding could take place by a broken conductor, contact of two or more conductors, or the failure of the insulation of the truck boom and collateral equi

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