ALJ Decision in Signet Construction, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0339, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

In September of 2022, Respondent, Signet Construction, LLC (“Signet”) was in the process of constructing a large dairy barn for a company called Blooming Valley Dairy (“Blooming Valley Barn” or “Barn”) in rural South Dakota. (Tr. 13, 61, 66-68, 72, 251; Exs. C-12; C-23, at 00:00 to 01:30; C-25, at 6). Fully constructed, the Barn would cover approximately 60,000 square feet divided over three main areas: a “holding” area where the dairy cows would enter the Barn and be “staged” or lined up for milking; a “central parlor” where approximately 130 cows would be milked around a milking carousel; and, finally an office for the Blooming Valley employees working onsite.