United
States of America
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
REVIEW COMMISSION
1120
20th Street, N.W., Ninth Floor
Washington,
DC 20036-3457
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SECRETARY OF LABOR, |
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Complainant, |
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v. |
OSHRC Docket Nos. 09-2011 & 09-2055 |
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CRANESVILLE AGGREGATE COMPANIES, INC., d/b/a SCOTIA BAG
PLANT, |
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Respondent. |
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REMAND ORDER
Before:� MacDOUGALL, Chairman; ATTWOOD and SULLIVAN, Commissioners.
BY THE COMMISSION:
This case is before the
Commission on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit.� Sec�y of Labor v. Cranesville Aggregate Cos.,
878 F.3d 25 (2d Cir. 2017).� Former Administrative
Law Judge Ken S. Welsch vacated six citations issued
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concluding that the Mine
Safety and Health Administration�s standards, rather than OSHA�s, applied to
the cited conditions.� Cranesville Aggregate Cos., 24 BNA OSHC 1115, 1123
(No. 09-2011, 2013) (consolidated) (ALJ) (�Because MSHA has statutory authority
to regulate the working conditions[,] . . . MSHA
preempts OSHA�s authority under
� 4(b)(1) of the [OSH] Act.�).� The
judge�s decision became the final order of the Commission.� Cranesville Aggregate
Cos., 25 BNA OSHC 2001 (No. 09-2011, 2016) (consolidated).� The Second Circuit reversed, ruling that �the
Commission did not afford proper deference to the Secretary�s reasonable
determination� regarding applicability of OSHA�s standards.� 878 F.3d at 36.
By mandate filed February
27, 2018, the court has remanded this case to the Commission.� We, in turn, remand this case to the Chief
Administrative Law Judge for reassignment and further proceedings consistent
with the court�s opinion.
SO ORDERED.
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����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Heather
L. MacDougall
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����������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������� Cynthia
L. Attwood
Commissioner
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James J. Sullivan, Jr.
Dated: March 13, 2018���������������������������������������������� Commissioner