WHITE PLAINS IRON WORKS, INC.  

OSHRC Docket No. 13384

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

November 28, 1977

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Before: CLEARY, Chairman; and BARNAKO, Commissioner.  

COUNSEL:

Baruch A. Fellner, Office of the Solicitor, USDOL

Francis V. LaRuffa, Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor

George Gary Janis, for the employer

OPINION:

DECISION

BY THE COMMISSION: A decision of Review Commission Judge Seymour Fier, dated December 15, 1975, is before this Commission for review pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §   661(i).   That decision affirmed a citation which alleged a repeated-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. §   1926.500(d)(1) for the respondent's failure to install perimeter guarding on a flat roof. n1

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n1 The Judge also affirmed items 1-4 of a citation for nonserious violations and a total penalty of $105 on the basis of respondent's withdrawal of its notice of contest to that citation.   The Judge vacated item 5 of that citation following the complinant's withdrawal of it.   Since no party has taken exception to the Judge's disposition of this citation, the Commission will not review it.   See Water Works Installation Corp., 76 OSAHRC 61/B8, 4 BNA OSHC 1339, 1976-77 CCH OSHD para. 20,780 (No. 4136, 1976); Crane Co., 76 OSAHRC 37/A2, 4 BNA OSHC 1015, 1975-76 CCH OSHD para. 20,508 (No. 3336, 1976).

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In Secretary v. Central City Roofing Co., 76 OSAHRC 61/A2, 4 BNA OSHC 1286, 1976-77 CCH OSHD para. 20,761 (No. 8173, 1976), a divided Commission held that 29 C.F.R. §   1926.500(d)(1) does not apply to flat roofs.   That decision is dispositive of the charge in issue in the instant case. n2

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n2 Chairman Cleary notes the absence of any motion to amend to 29 C.F.R. §   1926.28(a) or to the general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. §   654(a)(1).   See Dunlop v. Uriel G. Ashworth & OSHRC, 538 F.2d 562 (4th Cir. 1976).

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Accordingly, the citation for a repeated-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. §   1926.500(d)(1) and the $1,400 penalty assessed therefor are vacated.