ORDER OF DEFAULT AND DISMISSAL

Pursuant to Commission Rule 101(a), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a), the Respondent, Dels Exteriors LLC, is declared to be in default, and its notice of contest is dismissed. For the reasons described below, the citations issued to the Respondent on September 18, 2025, as a result of OSHA inspection number 1833565 are AFFIRMED in their entirety and their proposed penalties totaling $33,195.00 are ASSESSED as issued.

Background

On or about June 23, 2025, the Arlington Heights, Illinois, area office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiated OSHA inspection number 1833565 at a residential construction worksite at [redacted], Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169. As a result of that inspection, OSHA issued to the Respondent on September 18, 2025, a two-item serious citation and a three-item “repeat-serious” citation, alleging violations of various OSHA construction industry safety and health standards (codified at 29 C.F.R. Part 1926) and proposing penalties for those alleged violations totaling $33,195.00. (The citations noted that all five alleged violative conditions/practices had been corrected during the inspection.)