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ALJ Decision in Premier Roofing LLC, d/b/a Premier Roofing Co., OSHRC Docket No. 19-1689, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
October 8, 2021This matter comes before the Court regarding Complainant’s Second Motion for Summary Judgment (MSJ #2). As indicated in its Order Regarding Complainant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, the Court found there were two disputes of material fact that remained unresolved after…
Commission Issues Decision in Armstrong Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Armstrong Cable Services, OSHRC Docket No. 18-0034.
September 28, 2021Armstrong Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Armstrong Cable Services is a telecommunications company that provides broadband internet, television, and telephone services, mostly in rural areas. An Armstrong crew was installing a new fiber-optic cable on utility poles in Bellville, Ohio, when a…
Commission Issues Decision in Armstrong Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Armstrong Cable Services, OSHRC Docket No. 18-0034.
September 24, 2021Armstrong Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Armstrong Cable Services is a telecommunications company that provides broadband internet, television, and telephone services, mostly in rural areas. An Armstrong crew was installing a new fiber-optic cable on utility poles in Bellville, Ohio, when a…
ALJ Decision in North American Crane & Rigging LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 20-1089, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 9, 2021North American Crane & Rigging, LLC, (NACR) contests a one-item Citation and Notification of Penalty issued by the Secretary on June 18, 2020, for allegedly failing to adequately protect employees from the swing radii of two cranes at a construction…
Commission Issues Decision in Home Rubber Company, LP, OSHRC Docket No. 17-0138
August 27, 2021Home Rubber Company, LP is a small manufacturer of specialty industrial rubber products located in Trenton, New Jersey. In May 2016, a Home Rubber employee was injured while operating a mill. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an inspection…
Commission Issues Decision in Roy Rock, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 18-0068
July 22, 2021An employee of Roy Rock, LLC, a New Jersey concrete and masonry construction company, was injured when his hand was caught in a machine that bends and cuts reinforcing steel bar, known as “rebar.” Following the incident, the Occupational Safety…
ALJ Decision in Far From Broken Auto Sales, Inc. d/b/a/ Smart Choice Auto Sales, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0415, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
July 6, 2021Far From Broken Auto Sales, d/b/a Smart Choice Auto Sales, Inc., (FFB) contests a Citation and Notification of Penalty issued by the Secretary of Labor on July 1, 2019, for alleged violations of four construction standards under the Occupational Safety…
ALJ Decision in Harvestland Constructors, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0691, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
June 22, 2021On October 9, 2019, employees of Harvestland Constructors, Inc., (Harvestland) were constructing a feed mill in Crawfordville, Georgia. A carpenter (Carpenter NM) had been assigned the task of covering openings in an upper floor with plywood where equipment would be…
Commission Issues Order in Home Rubber Company, LP, OSHRC Docket No. 17-0138
June 15, 2021On April 1, 2021, the Secretary filed a “Motion to Sever and for Entry of a Final Order” with respect to “the twenty citation items . . . [in this case] that are not currently before the Commission for review.”…
ALJ Decision in SIP Insulation Professionals, LLC
June 3, 2021DECISION AND ORDER On May 28, 2019, construction workers were erecting a building in Hoover, Alabama, using structural insulated panels. A structural insulated panel (SIP) is a precut panel composed of an insulating foam core sandwiched between two layers of…