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ALJ Decision in United States Postal Service, Lehigh Valley PDCF, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0541, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
November 3, 2023In the latter months of 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Respondent, the United States Postal Service (USPS), faced a growing problem at its Lehigh Valley Processing and Distribution Center Facility (the Lehigh Plant or Plant). Due to…
ALJ Decision in Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC OSHRC Docket No. 21-0497, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
November 2, 2023On November 2, 2020, Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC (“Respondent”) performed tree-trimming services at a jobsite located at 1777 CR 241, New Castle, Colorado (“worksite” or “site”). On that date, three of Respondent’s employees, [Redacted] (‘[Redacted]”), [Redacted] (“[Redacted]”), and James Haynes…
ALJ Decision in Romancing the Stone, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0423, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
October 26, 2023This matter is before the United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) and the undersigned based on Respondent’s filing of a Notice of Contest on February 8, 2023. On August 1 and November 14, 2022, the United States…
ALJ Decision and Order in Jacobs Technology Incorporated, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0267, Directed for Review.
October 25, 2023Respondent Jacobs Technology Incorporated provides maintenance, operations, and engineering services to the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (Center) in Hampton, Virginia. Respondent subcontracts with other contractors to supply many of these services to the Center. The project…
ALJ Decision and Order in Skyline Restoration, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 19-1736, Directed for Review.
October 13, 2023On April 10, 2019, in Brooklyn, New York, an employee of a subcontractor named Jaen Restoration Corp (Jaen) fell to his death from the flat roof of a twelve-story building. The general contractor for the project was the Respondent, Skyline…
ALJ Decision in Ireland Contracting, LLC, OSHRC Docket Nos. 22-0560 and 20-0561, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
October 13, 2023On October 9, 2019, the Occupational Safety & Health Agency (OSHA) Pittsburgh Area Office received a complaint of roofers working without fall protection in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. That same day an OSHA compliance officer (CO) inspected the two worksites that are…
ALJ Decision in Americold Logistics, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 22-1400, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
October 2, 2023Respondent, Americold Logistics, LLC, (Americold), runs a large cold storage facility in Bloomingdale, Georgia, near Savannah. At the facility, which Americold refers to as “Savannah 2,” the company receives, stores, and ships food products, primarily fresh and frozen protein. Employees…
ALJ Decision in Arrow Plumbing, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0244, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 29, 2023This 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 August 20 and 21,…
ALJ Decision in Texas Underground Utilities, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-1565, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 7, 2023This 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 October 6, 2020, while…
ALJ Decision in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation and Tyler Wallace, OSHRC Docket No. 21-1042, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 1, 2023?LP uses a Trim Waste Conveyor System designed and manufactured by Teal Sales, Inc. to collect and discharge waste produced in the OSB structural panel manufacturing process. (Pretrial Order, Attach. C ¶¶2, 3.) The system operates nearly 24 hours per…