Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 15, 1991, Docket Nos. 90-R2D2-1067 and 1068 (Martinez, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Nicholas Champlin, Staff Counsel.
An accident investigation following a fatality at an electrical installation work site resulted in citation of Employer, an electrical contractor, for a general violtion of 2305.4(a) (use of unapproved messenger wiring to support insulated conductors in a three-phase system) and a serious violation of 2320.2(a)(3) (working without insulated gloves on energized conductors). The latter citation carried a $2,000 proposed penalty.
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