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Commission Issues Remand Order in Randall Mechanical, Inc.

Commission Issues Remand Order in Randall Mechanical, Inc.

This case is on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Randall Mechanical, Inc. v. Sec’y of Labor, 798 F. App’x 604 (11th Cir. 2020) (unpublished). On September 19, 2017, Randall filed a late notice of contest for a citation issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 29 U.S.C. § 659(a). The company subsequently sought relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) from the resulting final order. Id. (uncontested citation is “deemed a final order of the Commission”). On April 11, 2018, Administrative Law Judge John B. Gatto issued a decision denying this relief and dismissing the case. Randall, Docket No. 17-1595, 2018 WL 2326109 (O.S.H.R.C.A.L.J., Apr. 11, 2018). Randall timely filed a petition for discretionary review of the judge’s decision. The petition was not granted, and the decision became a final order of the Commission.