15,265R W. R. Thomason, Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated December 31, 1982, Docket No. 82-R2D1-136. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers, Member.

This appeal from a general violation of 1740(f) (oxygen cylinder storage) was denied. The Decision issued on July 23, 1982 (Digest 15,072) was reinstated and affirmed.

Oxygen Cylinder Storage, Violation, Sufficient Evidence. 1740(f) requires that oxygen cylinders be stored at least 20 feet (or separated by a noncombustible barrier) from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials.

"The evidence established that oxygen cylinders filled with oxygen were stored within 20 feet of four cylinders containing

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