HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERV. v. DEPT. OF LABOR

Nos. S-8453, S-8473.

2 P.3d 41 (2000)

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Section, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Geraghty and Sarah Diemer Moyer, DeLisio, Moran, Geraghty & Zobel, Anchorage, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Toby N. Steinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A worker assembling a perforation gun at the Halliburton Energy Services plant in Kenai, Alaska, accidentally triggered a fatal explosion. The Alaska Department of Labor fined Halliburton for violating process safety management standards, finding these standards applicable because assembling perforation guns qualifies as manufacturing explosives. But the superior court reversed, ruling that...

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