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Southern California Gas Co.

Description

Employee electrocuted when he struck a city cable while digging a pipeline for a new apartment building.

Prosecutors:
District Attorney Ira Reiner; Deputy District Attorney Jan Chatten-Brown
Incident Type: Electrocution
County: Los Angeles
State: CA
Date: Jan. 1, 1985
Additional Materials
Folder for Southern California Gas Co. materials
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Contact for Additional Information:
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Victims
First Last Age Title Employer Injury Type
Richard Bergman 23 Unavailable Southern California Gas Co. Fatality
Defendants
Name Type Title Plea Info. Conviction Sentence
Southern California Gas Co. Entity Entity Pleaded no contest Fined $8,500 and put on probation for two years and ordered to adopt and enforce a plan to prevent workers from accidentally striking underground utility lines. As a result of the incident, state law was amended to require that utilities mark the location of cables and pipelines before an excavation begins.\n\n
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Unavailable
 Other Crimes: Unavailable