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ALJ Decision in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation and Tyler Wallace, OSHRC Docket No. 21-1042, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 1, 2023LP 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…
ALJ Decision and Order in Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0306, Directed for Review.
August 30, 2023An employee of Respondent Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. (Sunbelt) was injured on December 2, 2019, when he was knocked from a ladder while trying to unjam an overhead garage door at the worksite. The United States Department of Labor, through its…
ALJ Decision in Elmer W. Davis, Inc., Commission Docket No. 20-1417, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
August 25, 2023The Respondent, Elmer W. Davis, Inc. (EWD), is a commercial roofing company based in Rochester, New York. On September 17, 2020, an EWD crew started a project to remove and replace the roof system of a warehouse’s flat roof. An…
East West Seafoods LLC, dba F/V Pacific Producer, OSHRC DOCKET No. 23-0236, Directed for Review
August 23, 2023The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) conducted an inspection of Respondent’s worksite in Kodiak, Alaska on July 18, 2022. As a result of the investigation, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty to Respondent alleging a total of…
ALJ Decision in UHS of Denver, Inc., dba Highlands Behavioral Health Systems, 19-0550, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
July 6, 2023The Commission has remanded the above-captioned case for the Court to determine a discrete issue: Whether the Secretary, based on record established at the trial held on June 7, 2021 to July 8, 2021,1 proved her proposed abatement methods were…
ALJ Decision and Order on Remand in Shawn D. Purvis d/b/a/ Purvis Home Improvement Co., Inc. (an individual) and Purvis Home Improvement Co., Inc. (in the alternative), OSHRC Docket Nos. 19-1054, 19-1056, 19-1905, Directed for Review.
June 30, 2023This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant to section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 659(c) (the Act). This decision consolidates Docket Nos. 19-1054, 19-1056, and 19-1905….
ALJ Decision in Denaka Partners, LP, dba Home Rubber Company, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0718, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
June 22, 2023Denaka Partners, LP, d/b/a Home Rubber Co. (Denaka), manufactures rubber products, such as hoses and belts, at its Trenton, New Jersey, facility. On December 18, 2020, an employee was adjusting blade depth on an operating Slitter mill when he lost…
ALJ Decision in Good Food Concepts, LLC d/b/a Ranch Foods Direct, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0946, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
June 22, 2023On June 11, 2021, employee [redacted] was operating a meat grinder at a retail grocery store owned by Respondent Good Food Concepts, LLC d/b/a/ Ranch Foods Direct (Ranch Foods or Respondent), when her hand got caught in the grinder. The…
ALJ Decision in Fama Construction, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 19-1467, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
June 15, 2023The Commission remanded this case “to evaluate whether there are any issues of material fact regarding Fama’s liability as a controlling employer under the correct legal framework” and “based only on the facts and record evidence in this case.” Fama…
Commission Issues Final Order in UHS of Centennial Peaks dba Centennial Peaks Hospital., OSHRC No. 19-1579.
May 31, 2023This case is on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit “for the limited purpose of considering the parties’ settlement agreement.” UHS of Centennial Peaks v. Sec’y of Labor, No. 22-9572 (10th Cir. May 11,…