ALJ Decision and Order in Pharmasol Corporation Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
Following a fatality, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) commenced an investigation under Inspection Number 1113130 on December 10, 2015 of Pharmasol Corporation’s (Respondent or Pharmasol) facility located at 1 Norfolk Avenue, South Easton, Massachusetts. (Answer at 2; Stipulation regarding December 9, 2015 accident dated June 16, 2017, hereinafter Stip. 24; Tr. 62, 585-87.) At the conclusion of the investigation, on June 9, 2016, the Secretary issued one serious citation alleging five separate violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (the Act), and one other-than-serious citation, alleging a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.178. Respondent timely contested the citations and a trial was held from June 26, 2017 thru June 30, 2017, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Answer at 4-5.)