“Docket No. 78-2462 1 of 202 DOCUMENTS TURNER COMPANY A. SCHONBEK & CO., INC.? NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.? GENERAL MOTORS CORP., GM ASSEMBLY DIV.? ALLIED PLANT MAINTENANCE CO. OF OKLAHOMA, INC.? CLEMENT FOOD COMPANY MILLCON CORPORATION FWA DRILLING COMPANY, INC.? CCI, INC.? GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY CONSOLIDATED ALUMINUM CORPORATION THE BRONZE CRAFT CORPORATION CARGILL, INC.? CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.? GALLO MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.? SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION WILLAMETTE IRON AND STEEL COMPANY NASHUA CORPORATION WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION RESEARCH-COTTRELL, INC.? ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CO.? NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CO.? BUNKOFF CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.? GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, FRIGIDAIRE DIVISION HARRIS BROTHERS ROOFING CO.? GENERAL DIVERS COMPANY ORMET CORPORATION R. ZOPPO CO., INC.? COEUR D’ALENE TRIBAL FARM L. A. DREYFUS COMPANY CMH COMPANY, INC.? BENTON FOUNDRY, INC.? MICHAEL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.? WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION BROWN & ROOT, POWER PLANT DIVISION MARION POWER SHOVEL CO., INC.? ERSKINE-FRASER CO.? MORRISON-KNUDSEN AND ASSOCIATES THE BOAM COMPANY DIC-UNDERHILL, a Joint Venture C. R. BURNETT AND SONS, INC.; HARLLEE FARMS STRIPE-A-ZONE, INC.? FORTE BROTHERS, INC.? RAYBESTOS FRICTION MATERIALS COMPANY TEXLAND DRILLING CORPORATION THE ANACONDA COMPANY, WIRE AND CABLE DIVISION SAM HALL & SONS, INC.? VAMPCO METAL PRODUCTS, INC.? LEONE INDUSTRIES, INC.? ASARCO, INC.? DURANT ELEVATOR, A DIVISION OF SCOULAR-BISHOP GRAIN COMPANY PLUM CREEK LUMBER COMPANY PLUM CREEK LUMBER COMPANY STEARNS-ROGER, INC.? FERRO CORPORATION, (ELECTRO DIVISION) AMERICAN PACKAGE COMPANY, INC.? BROWN & ROOT, INC., POWER PLANT DIVISION FLEETWOOD HOMES OF TEXAS, INC.? DONALD HARRIS, INC.? A. PROKOSCH & SONS SHEET METAL, INC.; MID-HUDSON AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY, INC.? ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTORS OF AMERICA, INC.? DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Division of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company) ASARCO, INC., EL PASO DIVISION; HUGHES TOOL COMPANY NAVAJO FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES METROPAK CONTAINERS CORPORATION AUSTIN BUILDING COMPANY BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY DARRAGH COMPANY BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY R. ZOPPO COMPANY, INC.? LUTZ, DAILY & BRAIN – CONSULTING ENGINEERS PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.? HARSCO CORPORATION, d\/b\/a PLANT CITY STEEL COMPANY NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.? INDEPENDENCE FOUNDRY & MANUFACTURING CO., INC.? GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, INLAND DIVISION WELDSHIP CORPORATION S & S DIVING COMPANY SNIDER INDUSTRIES, INC.? NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY MAXWELL WIREBOUND BOX CO., INC.? CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY MISSOURI FARMER’S ASSOCIATION, INC., MFA BOONVILLE EXCHANGE; MFA, INC., d\/b\/a MFA GRAIN DIVISION; DESERT GOLD FEED COMPANY CAPITAL CITY EXCAVATING CO., INC.? GAF CORPORATION PPG INDUSTRIES (CARIBE) a Corporation DRUTH PACKAGING CORPORATION SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY TUNNEL ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO.? WEATHERBY ENGINEERING COMPANY JOHNSON STEEL & WIRE CO., INC.? AUSTIN ROAD CO.? MAYHEW STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.? LADISH CO., TRI-CLOVER DIVISION, a Corporation PULLMAN POWER PRODUCTS, INC.? NATIONAL ROOFING CORPORATION OSCO INDUSTRIES, INC.? HIGHWAY MOTOR COMPANY, d\/b\/a PARK PRICE MOTOR COMPANY S.J. GROVES AND SONS COMPANY CAR AND TRUCK DOCTOR, INC.? PRESTRESSED SYSTEMS, INC.? TEXACO, INC.? GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC.? RED LOBSTER INNS OF AMERICA, INC.? SUNRISE PLASTERING CORP.? STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION H.B. ZACHRY COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTORS, INC.? BUSHWICK COMMISSION COMPANY, INC.? CIRCLE T DRILLING CO., INC.? J.L. FOTI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.? TEXACO, INC.? KENNETH P. THOMPSON CO., INC.? HENRY C. BECK COMPANY HEATH & STICH, INC.? FARMERS EXPORT COMPANY FOSTER AND KLEISER TURNER WELDING & ERECTION CO., INC.? TRI-CITY CONSTRUCTION CO.? THE DURIRON COMPANY, INC.? SAMSON PAPER BAG CO., INC.? MEL JARVIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc.? MIDWEST STEEL ERECTION, INC.? GEISLER GANZ CORPORATION NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY WALLACE ROOFING COMPANY REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY, INC.? UNIVERSAL ROOFING AND SHEET METAL COMPANY, INC.? SUFFOLK COUNTY CONTRACTORS, INC.? NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.? ROOFING SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS, A DIVISION OF BIT U TECH, INC. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SERVICE SPECIALTY, INC.? ECCO HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRIC CORP.? HENRY C. BECK COMPANY REPUBLIC ROOFING CORPORATION EASLEY ROOFING & SHEET METAL CO., INC.? MIDDLETOWN VOLKSWAGEN, INC.? RICHARD ROTHBARD, INC.? AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CORPORATION OF AMERICA PENNSUCO CEMENT AND AGGREGATES, INC.? AMFORGE DIVISION, ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL MASSMAN-JOHNSON (Luling), a joint venture; MASSMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.; AL JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION CO.? GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CENTRAL FOUNDRY DIVISION GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION EDGEWATER STEEL CORPORATION INTERLAKE, INC.? OSHRC Docket No. 78-2462 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission April 30, 1980 ?[*1]? Before CLEARY, Chairman; BARNAKO and COTTINE Commissioners.? COUNSEL: Baruch A. Fellner, Office of the Solicitor, USDOL Herman Grant, Regional Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor Robert E. Mann, for the employer Daniel W. Hannan, Staff Rep., Safety & Health Dept. – USWA, for the employees Fermine Salinas, Staff Rep., District 31, USWA, for the employees OPINION: DECISION BY THE COMMISSION: A decision of Administrative Law Judge Seymour Fier, dated April 12, 1979, is before the Commission on review pursuant to section 12(j) n1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. (? ?? 651-678) (\”the Act\”). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – n1 29 U.S.C. ?? 661(i). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -End Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – In his direction for review, Commissioner Cottine stated the primary issue presented by the Secretary’s petition as: Whether the Administrative Law Judge erred in vacating the alleged violations of 29 C.F.R. ? ?? 1910.179(e)(2)(i), (g)(2)(i), (g)(6), (e)(3)(i), (e)(6)(i), (g)(4)(iii), on the ground that the cited overhead cranes were installed prior to August 31, 1971, and consequently not covered by [*2]? the cited sections of the standard. In his decision, the judge concluded that the Commission’s decisions in U.S. Steel Corp., 77 OSAHRC 64\/C8, 5 BNA OSHC 1289, 1977-78 CCH OSHD P21,795 (Nos. 10825 & 10849, 1977); Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., 77 OSAHRC 81\/C10, 5 BNA OSHC 1495, 1978 CCH OSHD P23,056 (Nos. 10611, 11327 & 14366, 1977), aff’d, sub nom, Marshall v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., 584 F.2d 638 (3d Cir. 1978); and Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., 77 OSAHRC 75\/E6, 5 BNA OSHC 1420, 1977-78 CCH OSHD P21,804 (No. 13708, 1977), aff’d, 584 F.2d 638 (3d Cir. 1978), compelled the conclusion that the provisions of 29 C.F.R. ?? 1910.179 were advisory with respect to overhead and gantry cranes constructed before August 31, 1971.? Thus he vacated the six items before us on review, all of which allege noncompliance with the provisions of section 1910.179. n2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – n2 The judge also disposed of numerous other items alleging violations of the Act.? Neither party seeks review of the judge’s disposition of those items, and no issue involving those items has been directed for review.? 29 C.F.R. ? ?? 2200.91, .92.? Accordingly those items are not before us on review.? See Leone Construction Co., 76 OSAHRC 12\/E6, 3 BNA OSHC 1979, 1975-76 CCH OSHD P20,387 (No. 4090, 1976). ?[*3]? – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -End Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Beginning with our decision in U.S. Steel Corp., supra, OSAHRC 64\/C8, 5 BNA OSHC 1289, 1977-78 CCH OSHD P21,795 (Nos. 10825, 10849, 1977), and continuing in Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., supra; Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp., supra; and, most recently, General Dynamics Corp., No. 78-3290 (April 30, 1980), we have held that those provisions of section 1910.179 that are derived from the \”construction and installation\” requirements of ANSI B30.2.0.-1967 set in chapter 2-1 of that standard are advisory with respect to overhead and gantry cranes purchased and installed before August 31, 1971.? The provisions of section 1910.179 cited in the six items vacated by the judge in this case are derived from those requirements. n3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – n3 The following provisions of 29 C.F.R. ?? 1910.179 were cited: (e)(2)(i), (g)(2)(i), (g)(6), (e)(3)(i), (e)(6)(i), (g)(4)(iii). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -End Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Accordingly, there being no dispute that the cranes at issue [*4]? were in operation before August 31, 1971, that portion of the judge’s order before us is affirmed in full. n4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – n4 Respondent introduced evidence to the effect that the cited cranes had been \”constructed or installed\” prior to August 31, 1971, through the testimony of its plant engineer and through the introduction of accounting and business records.? The Secretary made no attempt to rebut this evidence. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -End Footnotes- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Items 4, 6, and 7 of Citation No. 1 and items 18, 19(a) and 22 of Citation No. 2 are vacated. So ORDERED.? “