ALJ Decision in Precision Refractory Services, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0121, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

May 19, 2025

During the early morning hours of November 12, 2022, a Precision Refractory Services, LLC, (PRS) employee was seriously injured when a scaffold component rolled off the upper level of the scaffold under which he had been working and struck his…

ALJ Decision in 595 Construction LLC,  OSHRC Docket Nos. 25-0120, 25-0121, and 25-0122, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

May 5, 2025

This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (the “Act”) due to the untimely filing of…

ALJ Decision and Order in Achtenhagen Services, Inc., dba ASI, OSHRC Docket No. 24-1583, Directed for Review.

April 24, 2025

This proceeding is before the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. Specifically, this matter concerns Respondent’s late-filed Notice of Contest….

ALJ Decision in Dish Network, L.L.C., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0180, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

April 18, 2025

Respondent DISH Network, L.L.C., a Colorado-based company proving satellite services, was installing a DISH antenna at a Sonic restaurant in Syracuse, New York, when it was investigated by the United States Department of Labor, through the Occupational Safety and Health…

ALJ Decision in Montroy Development LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1731, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

March 31, 2025

The investigation led to the issuance of one serious Citation, with two separate items, to Montroy Development, LLC (Montroy). Id. Citation Item 1 alleges a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.651(j)(2) for failing to protect an employee from excavated or…

ALJ Decision in Avalos Home Improvements WI LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 24-0992, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

March 12, 2025

The Acting Secretary has moved to dismiss the employer’s notice of contest to an OSHA citation that the employer’s non-attorney representative filed after the employer and OSHA had executed an “expedited informal settlement agreement” (wherein the employer waived its right…

ALJ Decision in JMT Services, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-1483, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

March 10, 2025

On March 30, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a worksite inspection at the Chillicothe Municipal Airport in Chillicothe, Missouri. As a result of that inspection, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) to Respondent…

ALJ Decision in Prime International Shipping, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0152, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

March 4, 2025

In response to a report of a fatality at Respondent’s place of business, Complainant initiated an inspection that concluded with Complainant issuing a four-item Citation and Notification of Penalty. For the most part, the specifics of the alleged violations—which include…