JNS CONSTRUCTION
Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 3, 1993, Docket No. 92-R3D1-1238 (La Palma, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Neil Snodgrass, President/Owner. For DOSH: Ralph Del Campo, Associate Safety Engineer.
An employee was electrocuted when he attempted to close the gate of a chain link fence which was leaning against both a metal office trailer and the guy wire to a power pole. The fence had become energized because of faulty electrical equipment (the rooftop air conditioner) and because the trailer's ground wire was not connected, preventing the GFI from working. The Division charged a general viol
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