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ALJ Decision in Exxon Mobil Baytown Refinery, OSHRC Docket No. 22-0809, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
January 7, 2025ExxonMobil’s Baytown complex, which produces a variety of refinery and chemical products, sits on hundreds of acres about 25 miles east of downtown Houston. The complex contains 27 distinct units, including the hydro-desulfurization unit (HDU), which mixes hydrogen, sulfur, and…
ALJ Decision in Johnson Brass & Machine Foundry, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 21-1294, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 19, 2024Johnson Brass & Machine Foundry, Inc. (JBM) operates a foundry in Saukville, Wisconsin, where it uses pit-mounted centrifugal casting machines called “spinners” to produce metal castings for a variety of commercial/industrial uses. (T. 20-21, 49, 579; Stip. ¶ 3.f). Two of…
ALJ Decision in Quick Roofing, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-0745, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 13, 2024Respondent, Quick Roofing, LLC (Quick Roofing), is a construction company which in January 2023 was the roofing subcontractor at a new apartment complex being constructed in Winter Gardens, Florida. (Tr. 52; Exh. J-2 ¶¶ A(1)-(2)). On January 18, 2023, Quick…
ALJ Decision in Avadek, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0748, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 2, 2024Respondent was hired by a general contractor, SpawGlass, to install an aluminum tube canopy at the Bryan Midtown Park Sports & Event Center in Bryan, Texas. (Ex. R-1). The construction of an aluminum tube canopy requires two types of crews:…
ALJ Decision in Sofidel America Corp., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0494, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 2, 2024Sofidel operates a manufacturing facility in Circleville Ohio which produces paper products such as toilet paper and paper towels. (Stip. ¶¶ 1, 3; Ex. J-1 at 1). The facility utilizes machines, such as the R88 Line Gambini Rewinder, to produce paper…
Commission Issues Final Order in Bluewater Yachting Solutions, Inc., OSHRC No. 24-0451.
November 5, 2024The parties have submitted a Joint Notification of 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. Since the parties have agreed to terminate…
ALJ Decision in Commercial Metals Company, d/b/a CMC Steel New Jersey, OSHRC Docket No. 22-1556, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
November 4, 2024Commercial Metals Company dba CMC Steel New Jersey (CMC) is a corporation organized in the state of Texas with its principal location in Irving, Texas. (JX-14, Stip. Fact 1). CMC manufactures steel rebar at its Sayreville, New Jersey facility (Facility)….
ALJ Decision in Elmer W. Davis, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 22-1210, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
November 1, 2024The Respondent, Elmer W. Davis, Inc. (EWD), is a commercial roofing company based in Rochester, New York. On April 4, 2022, an EWD crew was replacing the flat roof of a four-story municipal building in the Village of Newark, New…
ALJ Decision in Preferred Roofing, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1752, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 17, 2024Preferred Roofing is a construction company. It performs residential, commercial, and specialty roofing and employs between six and seven people (Tr. 92, 97). Among those employees are two repair technicians, who perform warranty and repair work, and administrative staff. Preferred…
ALJ Decision in Elite Builders, inc., OSHRC Docket No. 22-0947, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
September 9, 2024On January 31, 2022, two Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) inspected a jobsite in Gretna, Nebraska, in accordance with a regional emphasis program that required CSHOs to initiate an inspection if they observe employees exposed to a fall hazard…