16,713 City Of Los Angeles

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 17, 1986, Docket No. 85-R4D1-1755 (Los Angeles, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Ned Flusty, Attorney. For DOSH: Norbert Cazenave.

An alleged serious violation of 2320.2(a)(3) was vacated.

Independent Employee Action, Defense Successful, Safety Program and Effective Enforcement Found.

A seven-year employee's job classification as "electrical tester" included testing and repairing commercial and residential meters. He was seriously injured in the explosion of a meter he was changing. He was not wearing safety gloves although these are required

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