Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 21, 1990, Docket No. 89-R1D4-280 (Union City, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John Joachim, Safety Coordinator. For DOSH: Tom Hanley, District Manager.
A serious violation of 2944(e)(1) was affirmed, with $300 penalty.
Employer supplies rail cars to Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Employer's manager in charge of dynamic testing of the cars received serious burn injuries while he tried to remove a fuse from a car. Cars at BART's test track are powered by an energized third rail. BART procedures call for removal of cars for electrical work to the "pit" area where the track is n
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