42 COR 40-7284 [¶22,502R]
HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS – WORKING ON DE-ENERGIZED CABLES, CONDUCTORS OR EQUIPMENT
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 2943(f)(3) (2015) – Although the ALJ held that the Division established a serious, accident-related violation as a result of Employer’s failure to identify cables to determine whether they were energized or de-energized before allowing employees to work on them, the Board concluded that the cited safety order did not apply. The work was being done in a vault, not an “excavation.”
Digest of COSHAB’s Decision after Reconsideration dated August 25, 2015, Docket No. 13-R3D1-3279.
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