Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 12, 1991, Docket No. 90-R2D6-1101 (Calimesa, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Lyle A. Garratt, District Manager.
A willful/serious violation of 2946(a) (proximity to energized high-voltage lines) was affirmed, with $15,000 penalty.
Employer was engaged in heavy construction, including sewer line excavation. It was cited after an accident on a 19-mile sewer line project that paralleled Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) high voltage lines for several miles. The Division charged that Employer failed to guard against its equipment coming in con
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