4/30/2021 3:37:00 PM ALJ Decision in Destiny Builders Construction Services, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0930, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“the Commission”) pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety... Read More
4/19/2021 2:54:00 PM ALJ Decision in George Weis Company, OSHRC Docket No.19-1738, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. Two of Respondent’s employees were installing soffits on the sundeck of the Holiday Inn hotel in Creve Coeur, Missouri. The foreman was in the basket of... Read More
3/25/2021 2:56:00 PM ALJ Decision in U.S. Postal Service dba Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Center, OSHRC No. 17-0419, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. The United States Postal Service (USPS) operates a mail processing facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, called the “Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution... Read More
3/25/2021 9:05:00 AM ALJ Decision in Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC, OSHRC No. 18-1204, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. On January 22, 2018, a catastrophic blowout and explosion killed five people on Respondent’s oil rig located at Section 17-7N-18E, Quinton, Oklahoma (“Worksite”).... Read More
3/22/2021 11:20:00 AM Commission Issues Decision in Tampa Electric Company, OSHRC Docket No. 17-2144 In May 2017, there was a release of anhydrous ammonia on the grounds of a power plant operated by Tampa Electric Company (TECO). Subsequently, the Occupational... Read More
3/9/2021 2:45:00 PM ALJ Decision in H-E-B, LP, OSHRC No. 19-1832, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission. One of Respondent’s employees was seriously injured while cutting a shoulder roast with a Biro meat-cutting band saw. According to the employee, the meat... Read More
3/9/2021 9:27:00 AM Commission Issues Decision in StormForce of Jacksonville, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 19-0593 An OSHA compliance officer inspected the roofing project’s worksite, a single-family home, on the second and final day of the job. The crew at the worksite... Read More
3/4/2021 10:08:00 AM Commission Issues Decision in FreightCar America, Inc.,OSHRC Docket No. 18-0970 In April 2018, a worker was seriously injured when he fell onto equipment at a railcar manufacturing facility in Cherokee, Alabama. The Occupational and... Read More
3/3/2021 10:12:00 AM Commission Issues Decision in MasTec North America, Inc. dba MasTec Advanced Technologies, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 15-1574 After an employee of MasTec North America, Inc., was electrocuted while working in an aerial bucket relocating energized, overhead power lines, the Occupational... Read More