ALJ Decision in Romancing the Stone, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0423, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

This matter is before the United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) and the undersigned based on Respondent’s filing of a Notice of Contest on February 8, 2023. On August 1 and November 14, 2022, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) inspected a worksite in Coventry, Rhode Island under inspection number 1611694. As a result of those inspections, on January 5, 2023, OSHA issued two Citations and Notifications of Penalty (“Citations”) to Romancing the Stone, Inc. (“Respondent”) for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651, et seq (“OSH Act”). The Citations alleged three failure-to-abate violations of OSHA’s general industry safety standards. The Citations proposed a total penalty of $122,364.