Jonathan Snare sworn in as OSHRC Chairman
November 25, 2025Jonathan Snare was sworn in on November 24, 2025 as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Chairman Snare, who was confirmed as a Commissioner by the U.S. Senate on October 7, 2025, was elevated to Chairman by…
ALJ Decision in Metro Ports, d/b/a Southeast Crescent Shipping, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1554, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
November 21, 2025The Respondent, Metro Ports (Metro), is a California-based stevedoring company that operates marine terminals on the nation’s coasts, including a marine terminal at the Port of Wilmington in North Carolina. (See Ex. C-7, Bates pagination 0188–0194; T. 156, 160). In July 2023, the…
Jonathan Snare has joined the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) after being sworn in on November 3, 2025, to serve as a Commissioner.
November 17, 2025Jonathan Snare has joined the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) after being sworn in on November 3, 2025, to serve as a Commissioner. His nomination by President Donald J. Trump was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October…
ALJ Decision in Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services LLC, dba Sunbelt Rentals, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1768, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 22, 2025On June 8, 2023, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection of a worksite in Port Arthur, Texas after receiving a report that a worker had sustained ahand injury. As a result of the inspection, OSHA issued…
ALJ Decision in Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., Ltd., dba PSSI, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1371, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
August 22, 2025This matter is before the United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission) pursuant to section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (the Act). On April 27, 2023, a Compliance…
ALJ EAJA Decision in Pettengill Family Restoration, LLC, OSHRC Docket Nos. 23-1249, 23-1380, 23-1656 & 24-0353 (EAJA), Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
August 11, 2025Respondent was a construction company that specialized in framing panelized or “kit” houses. It was hired as a subcontractor for Framing Specialists, Inc., to assemble these houses. Framing Specialists would deliver the plans and materials for the kit houses to…
ALJ Decision in Enwright Roofing, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0534, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
August 6, 2025Respondent Enwright Roofing, LLC (“Enwright Roofing”), a New York-based residential roofing contractor, was performing roofing work on a home in Oswego, New York (the “worksite”), when the United States Department of Labor, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”),…
Closure of Atlanta Regional Office
August 1, 2025Effective today, the Atlanta Regional Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has closed. This is the final step of the OSHRC initiative announced in August 2018 to consolidate Atlanta Regional Office operations with the agency’s National…
ALJ Decision in Hall Trucking, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0764, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
July 14, 2025Respondent is a heavy haul trucking company that specializes in moving oil and gas drilling rig equipment.1 (Tr. 35-36, 215). Respondent employs approximately 100 employees, including, as is relevant to this case, swampers, truck pushers, and truck drivers. (Tr. 46-47,…
ALJ Decision in TCP Specialists, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1002, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
June 13, 2025The Blackstone B1 well was a horizontal gas well located in San Augustine County, Texas, (the “worksite”) operated by C6 Operating, LLC. Stip. Fact ¶6. In October 2022, production from the well dropped and C6 hired contractors to perform a…
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