20,390 Pacific Resource Recovery

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions
29 COR 40-4868 [¶ 20,390]

FLAMMABLE LIQUID TANKS - TESTING FOR VAPORS
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 5420(a)(2) (2002) - Employer did not test for flammable vapors before assigning an employee to clean the sludge from a tanker truck that had contained hazardous waste. The serious, accident-related classification was appropriate for the fatal accident that resulted.

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES - STATIC ELECTRICITY
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 5168(b) (2002) - Employer did not bond the nozzle of a water pressure sprayer used in the cleaning of a tanker truck that had contained hazardous wa

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