The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent federal agency, providing administrative trial and appellate review, created to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places. The Review Commission functions as a two-tiered administrative court, with established procedures for (1) conducting hearings, receiving evidence and rendering decisions by its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and (2) discretionary review of ALJ decisions by a panel of Commissioners.
On January 19, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty ("citation") to Respondent for OSHA inspection number 1081517. The citation alleged serious violations of OSHA's standards with a proposed total penalty of $25,200.
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Sanderson) operates a poultry processing plant located at 1111 North Fir, Collins, Mississippi. Following a reported injury, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) commenced an inspection of the worksite on July 1, 2015, with an additional site visit on July 29, 2015.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") conducted an inspection of a BML Construction ("Respondent") worksite in Kansas City, Missouri on May 12, 2016. As a result of the inspection, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty.
On May 18, 2015, the Bismarck Area Office received an anonymous complaint about potential employee exposure to blood-borne pathogens at a Vermillion dental office located at 11 Court Street, Vermillion, South Dakota.
At issue before the Commission is a motion filed by the Secretary seeking relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) from a final order.
On January 23, 2017, President Donald Trump designated Heather L. MacDougall as Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney issued a December 14, 2016 Order Approving Stipulated Settlement Agreement between Perdue Foods, Inc., and the Secretary.
On December 6, 2010, the Secretary issued a one-item Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) to Lake Erie Construction Company (Lake Erie) following an inspection of Lake Erie's worksite at US 30, Milepost 28 near Minerva, Ohio, conducted by Compliance Safety and Health Officer.
An order issued by Administrative Law Judge Patrick B. Augustine approving a settlement agreement between Caldwell Coatings, LLC and the Secretary became a final order of the Commission on October 28, 2016. For the reasons that follow, we set aside the final order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a), direct review of the case, and remand it to the judge for further proceedings.
This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant to section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. £ 651 et seq. (the OSH Act). Following a complaint regarding workers engaged in unsafe practices, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) commenced an inspection of Manson Construction Company's (Manson's) worksite at the Vashon Island Ferry Terminal near Seattle, Washington on February 13, 2014.
On June 24, 2013, a worker for Aldridge Electric, Inc. (Aldridge Electric, Aldridge, or Respondent) suffered from heat stroke on Respondent's worksite in Chicago, Illinois.
On February 11, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") conducted an inspection of Respondent's worksite, located at 2000 W. John Loop, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
Becomes a Final Order of the Commission Payton Roofing, Inc. was cited by the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 1, 2016, for an alleged serious violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Act) and the standards promulgated thereunder.
On September 23, 2014, Respondent's employees were preparing to sandblast and paint a pressure vessel at a facility owned by Boardman, LLC. During the course of their preparations, the pressure vessel became unstable and fell off its supports, fatally crushing one of Respondent's employees.
Briones is an excavation contractor that was exposing underground sewer and gas lines at a work site in San Antonio, Texas. An OSHA compliance officer drove past the work site and stopped to inspect when he saw an open trench.