Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 19, 1991, Docket No. 90-R1D4-929 (Berkeley, CA). Amos P. Freeman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Richard Reed, General Manager. For DOSH: Thomas Hanley, District Manager.
A general violation of 2340.16(a) (work space about electrical equipment) was affirmed.
Employer, a newspaper publisher, had an electrical switch gear room in which the majority of the floor space was occupied by a mobile trash bin. The floor space available for access and work space (as measured by the safety engineer) was 27 inches. The safety order requires at least 36 inches. (Even accepting Employer's measurements, there w
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