Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 18, 1985, Docket No. 84-R1D2-1178 (Lafayette, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Norman Lescure, President. For DOSH: Ralph Allen, CSE.
A general violation of 3329(d) (pipelines) was affirmed.
Pipelines, Release of Sudden Pressure or Spray To Be Avoided. Employer, an installer of fire sprinkler systems, was cited after its foreman was injured while releasing the pressure from a new system in an apartment building. The fire department had been pressure testing the system with water at 200 pounds per square inch (p.s.i.). The Division's engineer testified that this pipe pressure would
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