This enforcement action arose from a tragic accident involving an AltairStrickland employee killed on May 11, 2016, at an ExxonMobil oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) investigated and issued a five-item citation to AltairStrickland for allegedly violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651–678, with proposed penalties of $62,355.00. After AltairStrickland timely contested the citation, the Secretary filed a formal complaint with the Commission charging AltairStrickland with violating the Act and seeking an order affirming the citation and proposed penalties. A bench trial was held in Houston, Texas.