Latest News & Information

This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on a Request for Relief Under Rule 60(b) filed by Respondent Burlington Capital PM Group, Inc. d/b/a Post Woods Apartment Homes (Burlington) and docketed by the Commission on April…

On July 1, 2020, Administrative Law Judge William S. Coleman issued an order finding Respondent in default, dismissing its notice of contest, and affirming the underlying two-item serious citation issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. For the following…

Dover High Performance Plastics, Inc. fabricates custom plastic parts. In April 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an inspection of the company’s Dover, Ohio, facility in response to an employee complaint. Following the inspection, OSHA issued Dover a…

In September 2016, an employee of Wayne Farms, LLC, sustained serious injuries to his right arm and hand while working on a breading machine at the company’s poultry processing facility in Decatur, Alabama. Following the incident, the Occupational Safety and…

The parties have submitted a Joint Notification of Full Settlement pursuant to Commission Rule 100, 29 C.F.R. § 2200.100, informing the Commission that they have resolved all the contested citation items in this case. Having noted the absence of any…

Aerospace Testing Alliance, an aerospace engineering company, contracts with the U.S. Air Force to operate a sheet metal shop at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tennessee. In May 2016, the tip of an ATA employee’s finger was crushed while…

The OALJ is extending the opportunity for the parties to Commission proceedings to participate in remote hearings (using Webex) and settlement conferences (using Zoom) to minimize in-person contact during the COVID 19 pandemic. Both platforms are free and can be…

On June 13, 2016, a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service began to feel ill as he delivered mail on a route in San Antonio, Texas. He called a supervisor at Beacon Hill Station, the postal facility to…

On June 9, 2016, a city letter carrier for the United States Postal Service began to feel ill as she delivered mail, mostly on foot, on a route for a post office in Des Moines, Iowa. She texted a supervisor…

On the afternoon of June 10, 2016, a city letter carrier for the United States Postal Service began to feel sick as he delivered mail on his route in Benton, Arkansas. He experienced a spinning sensation and began to stumble….