Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 14, 1991, Docket No. 91-R3D1-214 (Fullerton, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Wayne Scott Hayes, Safety Representative. For DOSH: Kenneth L. Fry, Assistant Safety Engineer.
A general violation of 3203(a)(1) was vacated.
Employer, an aircraft fastener manufacturer, was cited for failure to properly train an employee on heated static steam systems. In performing an anodizing process, the employee opened a static steam line, causing the water in it to flash to steam. He was scalded by the flash steam and jumped 6-1/2 feet from a work ladder, fracturing his heel and sustaining seco
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