19,984 World Asphalt Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

28 COR 40-4324 [19,984]

TANK STORAGE - ATMOSPHERIC TANKS CONTAINING CLASS IIIB LIQUID

CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 5585.1 (2001) - Employer's atmospheric tank which contained liquid asphalt, a Class IIIB liquid, was heated by an internal heating coil. It was equipped with a temperature regulating system, but the system did not automatically shut off the heat source to the tank before the asphalt reached its ignition temperature, resulting in an explosion. A serious violation was established.

ASBESTOS - HOUSEKEEPING

CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 5208(k)(1) (2001) - The Division failed to prove that white material on the floor of Employer's asbestos mixing batc

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