13,577R Union Oil Company Of California

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated November 9, 1979, Docket No. 77-R2D5-594. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.

Artificial Illumination, Sufficiency of---Evidence, Objective Measurement Not Required in All Instances. The decision of the ALJ in this matter (Digest 12,391) was affirmed.

"The evidence presented established that a gasoline blending tank (approximately 60 feet in diameter and 30 feet high) had a curved stairway from the ground to a platform approximately eight feet above the rim of the tank. Employees are required to ascend to the platform above the rim of the tank in order to take

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