WHITE PLAINS IRON WORKS, INC. �

OSHRC Docket No. 13384

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

November 28, 1977

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Before: CLEARY, Chairman; and BARNAKO, Commissioner. �

COUNSEL:

Baruch A. Fellner, Office of the Solicitor, USDOL

Francis V. LaRuffa, Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor

George Gary Janis, for the employer

OPINION:

DECISION

BY THE COMMISSION: A decision of Review Commission Judge Seymour Fier, dated December 15, 1975, is before this Commission for review pursuant to 29 U.S.C. � � 661(i). � That decision affirmed a citation which alleged a repeated-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. � � 1926.500(d)(1) for the respondent's failure to install perimeter guarding on a flat roof. n1

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n1 The Judge also affirmed items 1-4 of a citation for nonserious violations and a total penalty of $105 on the basis of respondent's withdrawal of its notice of contest to that citation. � The Judge vacated item 5 of that citation following the complinant's withdrawal of it. � Since no party has taken exception to the Judge's disposition of this citation, the Commission will not review it. � See Water Works Installation Corp., 76 OSAHRC 61/B8, 4 BNA OSHC 1339, 1976-77 CCH OSHD para. 20,780 (No. 4136, 1976); Crane Co., 76 OSAHRC 37/A2, 4 BNA OSHC 1015, 1975-76 CCH OSHD para. 20,508 (No. 3336, 1976).

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In Secretary v. Central City Roofing Co., 76 OSAHRC 61/A2, 4 BNA OSHC 1286, 1976-77 CCH OSHD para. 20,761 (No. 8173, 1976), a divided Commission held that 29 C.F.R. � � 1926.500(d)(1) does not apply to flat roofs. � That decision is dispositive of the charge in issue in the instant case. n2

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n2 Chairman Cleary notes the absence of any motion to amend to 29 C.F.R. � � 1926.28(a) or to the general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. � � 654(a)(1). � See Dunlop v. Uriel G. Ashworth & OSHRC, 538 F.2d 562 (4th Cir. 1976).

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Accordingly, the citation for a repeated-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. � � 1926.500(d)(1) and the $1,400 penalty assessed therefor are vacated. �