Contractor Charged in Electrocution of Worker
An electrical contracting company has been charged with safety violations stemming from the death of a worker who was electrocuted when he drilled into a 4,800-volt power line.
The city attorney’s office filed the nine-count criminal complaint against Steiny and Co., a Los Angeles-based electrical contracting and engineering firm that was working last summer on construction of a UCLA dormitory. Also named were Steiny’s project foreman, Kenneth Seeley, 36, and its project manager, James Duff, 36. Glenn Nelson, 40, owner and field supervisor for Nelson Concrete Drilling and Sawing, also was charged.
The alleged violations of state labor laws stem from the July 11, 1990, death of Michael Gonzales, 24, of Pacoima. He was employed by Nelson Concrete on a drilling project at a communications vault, City Atty. James Hahn said.
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