UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SECRETARY OF LABOR, 	
Complainant,

	
v.

	OSHRC DOCKETNOS. 01-2066 and 01-2067
CLASSIC HOSIERY, INC.,,	
Respondent.

	





DECISION AND ORDER



This Decision and Order supercedes the Order issued on July 31, 2002.

Respondents failure to respond to, reply to, or in any way even attempt
to comply with orders compelling discovery constitutes egregious disdain
for the Commission.

"[D]isobedience of court orders, in and of itself, constitutes extreme
misconduct (and, thus, warrants dismissal.)." /Tower Ventures, Inc., v.
City of Westfield, Et. AL,No. /02-1145,D.C. D. Mass. (July 23, 2002),
slip op. at, p.2. (Citation omitted.) The Secretarys Motion to Enter
Judgment by Default is, for the reasons stated therein, GRANTED. Rule 52(e).

Accordingly,

1) The Citations issued to Respondent on October 11 and 12, 2001 and the
Notification of Failure to Abate Alleged Violation issued to Respondent
on October 11, 2002, are AFFIRMED.

2) The Notifications of Proposed Penalty issued to Respondent on October
11 and 12, 2001 are AFFIRMED.

/s/

______________________________

Michael H. Schoenfeld

Judge, OSHRC



Dated: August 12, 2002

Washington, D.C.