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ALJ Decision in Bergelectric Corp., OSHRC Docket No. 20-1493, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
May 3, 2022Respondent was engaged in electrical work related to the construction of a hotel/convention center at the Wild Horse Pass Casino, on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Chandler, Arizona. (Tr. 41; Ex. C-2). On September 11, 2020, OSHA Compliance Safety…
ALJ Decision in S & R Enterprises, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 20-0276, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 28, 2022S&R Enterprises, LLC, is a steel erection contractor. Around 2017, S&R began work as a subcontractor erecting structural steel on a renovation project at the decommissioned Riverside Power Plant in Savannah, Georgia. The new owner was repurposing the power plant…
ALJ Decision in Juan G. Quevedo-Garcia, Docket Nos. 20-1029, 20-1030, 20-1031, 20-1032 & 20-1042, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 21, 2022The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment on the sole issue remaining to be decided, which may be stated as follows: Issue: Does a genuine dispute of material fact exist on whether the evidence does, or does not, constitute…
ALJ Decision in JRD, LLC dba Maslonka Powerline Services, Docket No. 19-1937, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 21, 2022On June 1, 2019, the Austin Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) received a report that two employees of Respondent, JRD, LLC d/b/a Maslonka Powerline Services, LLC (“Maslonka”), were killed while unloading utility poles on a…
Commission Issues Decision in Midwest Equipment Company, OSHRC Docket No. 19-0723.
April 20, 2022Midwest Equipment Company is a crane rental and operations service company based in Cleveland, Ohio. In December 2018, a Midwest employee was seriously injured when a jib that he was helping to install on a crane fell and crushed him….
Commission Issues Remand Order in New River Electrical Corporation.
April 8, 2022This case is before the Commission on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. New River Elec. Corp. v. OSHRC, 25 F.4th 213 (4th Cir. 2022). Administrative Law Judge Christopher D. Helms affirmed a citation…
Commission Issues Decision in AJM Packaging Corporation, OSHRC Docket No. 16-1865
April 5, 2022AJM Packaging Corporation manufactures paper plates and bowls at its facility in Vineland, New Jersey. In May 2016, an employee suffered an amputation injury while clearing a paper jam on one of the facility’s machines. As a result of the…
ALJ Decision in Framing Specialist, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0330 & 20-0626, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 5, 2022This 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 (the Act). The two case docket numbers in the caption…
Commission Issues Decision in UHS of Westwood Pembroke. Inc., UHS of Delaware., Inc ., OSHRC Docket No. 17-0737.
April 4, 2022AJM Packaging Corporation manufactures paper plates and bowls at its facility in Vineland, New Jersey. In May 2016, an employee suffered an amputation injury while clearing a paper jam on one of the facility’s machines. As a result of the…
ALJ Decision in Chewy, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 19-0868, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
March 29, 2022The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated the incident at the Ocala warehouse and issued to Chewy a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) on May 9, 2019. The Citation alleged two violations of the Occupational Safety and Health…