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ALJ Decision in Kimble Company, d/b/a Kimble Sanitary Landfill Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
May 13, 2019The Respondent, Kimble Company (Kimble), operates a sanitary landfill in Dover, Ohio. On November 10, 2016, a wheeled front-loader operating on the landfill struck and killed a Kimble employee who was on foot. Kimble’s timely report of the fatality to…
ALJ Decision in Berkebile Auto Service, Inc. Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
May 8, 2019Berkebile Auto Service, Inc. (BAS or Respondent) operates an automotive garage and towing service at 337 Oakland Avenue in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. A tow truck driver for BAS was fatally injured when he was pinned between the bed of a tow…
ALJ Decision in Henry Marine Service, Inc. Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
April 29, 2019Respondent, Henry Marine Service, Inc. (Henry Marine), is towboat operator on the Mobile River in Bucks, Alabama. On October 7, 2017, a fatal accident occurred on its tugboat, the M/V JAMIE H (JAMIE H), prompting an inspection by the Occupational…
Commission Issues Briefing Notice in Tampa Electric Company
April 23, 2019The parties are advised that when a case is directed for review to consider either the merits or characterization of an item, the appropriateness of the penalty is also subject to review. Accordingly, the parties may address the amount of…
Commission Updates Rules of Procedure
April 16, 2019The Commission has revised its Rules of Procedure, as published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2019. The revised rules will go into effect on June 10, 2019. A red-lined version of the new rules showing the changes from…
ALJ Decision in Outback Steel Services, LLC Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
April 9, 2019OSHA began an inspection of an Outback Steel Services worksite in Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 21, 2017. (Tr. 257). OSHA was responding to a report that two plumbers were injured the day before, when steel joists fell from overhead…
ALJ Decision in Outback Steel Services, LLC Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
April 9, 2019This case arose from an anhydrous ammonia release that occurred on May 23, 2017, at the Big Bend Power Plant (“Big Bend”) in Tampa, Florida (“the worksite”), operated by Tampa Electric Company (“TECO”). The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and…
Commission Directs Review of ALJ Decision in Tamp Electric Company
April 9, 2019This case arose from an anhydrous ammonia release that occurred on May 23, 2017, at the Big Bend Power Plant (“Big Bend”) in Tampa, Florida (“the worksite”), operated by Tampa Electric Company (“TECO”). The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and…
Commission Directs Review of ALJ Decision in Tampa Electric Company
April 9, 2019This case arose from an anhydrous ammonia release that occurred on May 23, 2017, at the Big Bend Power Plant (“Big Bend”) in Tampa, Florida (“the worksite”), operated by Tampa Electric Company (“TECO”). The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and…
ALJ Decision in Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
April 1, 2019This case was remanded by the Commission and the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Acosta v. Hensel Phelps Construction Co., 909 F.3d 723 (5th Cir. 2018). In that decision, the 5th Circuit reversed its historical position…