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ALJ Decision in American Civil Constructors LLC, dba American Constructors Mountain West, OSHRC Docket No. 22-0300, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
March 18, 2024On August 23, 2021, an excavator bucket detached from a John Deere 350G excavator and struck one of Respondent American Civil Constructors, LCC’s (ACC) employees, who was killed. The next day, the OSHA Assistant Area Director (AAD) for the Denver…
ALJ Decision and Order in Meritage Homes of Colorado, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 23-0938, Directed for Review.
February 9, 2024This matter comes before the Court on Respondent’s Motion for Relief from a Final Order Pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Respondent asks the Court to accept its untimely notice of contest to the Citation and Notification…
ALJ Decision in Cedar Springs Hospital, Inc. / UHS of Delaware, Inc., dba Cedar Springs Hospital, OSHRC Docket No. 20-0887, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
February 7, 2024After learning of significant allegations through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA’s”) Whistleblower Protection Program, Compliance Officer (“CO”) Aimee Stark opened an investigation of a behavioral health facility located at 2315 Southgate Road, Colorado Springs, CO (the “Worksite”). (Ex….
ALJ Decision and Order in Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 22-0916, Directed for Review.
January 26, 2024Along Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, at the intersection of the highway and Dixie Farm Road, Respondent, Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc. (“Williams Brothers”) operates a concrete plant known as the Dixie Farm Cement Plant (“Dixie Plant” or “Plant”). (Exhs….
ALJ Decision and Order in Entergy New Orleans, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 22-0063, Directed for Review.
January 24, 2024Respondent Entergy New Orleans, LLC (“Entergy”) produces and distributes electric power to customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy’s linemen often work in areas in which they are exposed to energized lines and conductors that can result in serious…
ALJ Decision in RJCL Corporation, d/b/a RNV Construction, OSHRC Docket Nos. 22-0360 & 22-0362, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
January 2, 2024Every year, OSHA regional offices identify certain kinds of worksites that pose a high hazard to employees and then conduct regional emphasis inspections at those types of worksites. (Tr. 205-06). Worksites in Saipan fall within OSHA’s Region 9, which identified…
ALJ Decision in RJCL Corporation, d/b/a RNV Construction, OSHRC Docket Nos. 22-0360 & 22-0362, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
January 2, 2024Every year, OSHA regional offices identify certain kinds of worksites that pose a high hazard to employees and then conduct regional emphasis inspections at those types of worksites. (Tr. 205-06). Worksites in Saipan fall within OSHA’s Region 9, which identified…
ALJ Decision in Donghee Alabama, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 19-1061, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 18, 2023At its facility in Auburn, Alabama, Respondent, Donghee Alabama, LLC (“Donghee”), manufactures gas tanks, which are later installed in motor vehicles. (Exhs. J-1 ¶ C(5); C-3; Tr. 35-36, 66). In the process of manufacturing and testing these gas tanks, Donghee…
ALJ Decision in Barry Billcliff, dba Barry James, et al., OSHRC Docket No. 22-0448, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
December 18, 2023This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 659(c) (the OSH Act or the Act). The case involves allegations…
ALJ Decision and Order in Trinchese Iron Works & Construction Corp., OSHRC Docket No. 22-0385, Directed for Review.
December 13, 2023This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (the Act).