Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 20, 1992, Docket No. 91-R5D2-1307 (Sylmar, CA). Ashaki A. Kone', Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: David Watts, Safety Representative. For DOSH: Byron Ishkanian, Senior Engineer for Mining and Tunnelling.
Ventilation, Underground (8470(c)(1))---Safety Order, Inappropriate Cited. Employer, a contractor on the Los Angeles Metro Rail project, was cited for general violation of 8470(c)(1) because employees were working underground in an area allegedly without adequate fresh air where there was also no detectable, constant, mechanically induced ventilation flow. The cited section is a permit requirement wh
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