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ALJ Decision in SIP Insulation Professionals, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 19-1770, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
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…
Commission Issues Decision SIP Insulation Professionals, LLC
June 1, 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…
Commission Issues Decision in Maxim Crane Works, OSHRC Docket No. 17-1894
May 21, 2021Maxim Crane Works is a nationwide crane rental company. In April 2017, a Maxim employee was injured when he fell while disassembling a crane at Maxim’s maintenance yard in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. As a result of the incident, the Occupational…
ALJ Decision in PMI International Stone Importers, OSHRC Docket No. 19-0372, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
May 21, 2021Respondent, P.M.I. International Stone Importers (“PMI”), is a company “engaged in [the] business of buying and selling stone slabs which are shipped to [R]espondent from various international locations” with its principal office and place of business located in Marlboro, New…
ALJ Decision in UHS of Delaware, Inc. and Premier Behavioral Health Solutions of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Suncoast Behavioral Health Center, OSHRC Docket No. 18-0731, Directed for Review
May 20, 2021After receiving a complaint about workplace violence at an inpatient psychiatric hospital in Bradenton, Florida, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) sought additional information from Suncoast Behavioral Health Center (“Suncoast”). (Ex. 4; Tr. 99-100, 315, 346, 353, 517-20.) In…
ALJ Decision in First Marine, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 18-1288, Directed for Review
May 20, 2021This case centers on the ill-fated William E. Strait (the William), an inland river towboat. In 2015, barges pushed by another towboat on the Mississippi River struck the William as she pushed barges destined for New Orleans down the Mississippi…
ALJ Decision in Destiny Builders Construction Services, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 20-0930, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 30, 2021This 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. § 651 et seq. (“the Act”). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
ALJ Decision in George Weis Company, OSHRC Docket No.19-1738, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
April 19, 2021Two of Respondent’s employees were installing soffits on the sundeck of the Holiday Inn hotel in Creve Coeur, Missouri. The foreman was in the basket of an aerial lift, and his co-worker was handing the materials and tools over the…
ALJ Decision in Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC, OSHRC No. 18-1204, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
March 25, 2021On January 22, 2018, a catastrophic blowout and explosion killed five people on Respondent’s oil rig located at Section 17-7N-18E, Quinton, Oklahoma (“Worksite”). The explosion occurred shortly after Respondent completed an operation to remove a worn-out drill bit from the…
ALJ Decision in U.S. Postal Service dba Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Center, OSHRC No. 17-0419, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
March 25, 2021The United States Postal Service (USPS) operates a mail processing facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, called the “Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Center” (Center). A sprawling multi-component machine called an APPS (standing for “Automated Package Processing System”) occupies about 75%…