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47 COR 40-8283 [¶23,034]

ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS – WORK PROCEDURES, TESTS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 2320.3 (2020) – Employer violated §§2320.3 and 2320.4 by failing to treat an electrical system as energized until tested or otherwise proven to be de-energized and by failing to lock- and tag-out disconnecting means for an electrical system, a serious violation. ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS – WORK PROCEDURES, BACKFEEDING OR INTERCONNECTION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 2320.9 (2020) – Employer violated §2320.9 by failing to prevent transmission of electricity from one section of switchgear to another. As a result, a foreman received an electric arc flash that caused a serious injury.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated March 11, 2020, Inspection No. 1210439 (Fullerton, CA).

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