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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 08-1389 Decided February 14, 2011 Procedural

Pike Electric, Inc.

Settlement approved as final order

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Plain-English summary

After the Secretary petitioned for review of the administrative law judge's disposition and the Commission directed the case for review, the parties signed a settlement agreement. The Commission reviewed and approved the agreement under Commission Rule 100. The short final order does not describe the underlying citations or the settlement terms.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in this final settlement order.
  • Outcome: The parties' settlement agreement was approved and became the Commission's final order.
  • Key point: A settlement reached after review is directed may be approved by the Commission as the final disposition of the case.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Pike Electric, Inc., Docket No. 08-1389

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

OSHRC Docket No. 08-1389

PIKE ELECTRIC, INC.,

Respondent.

FINAL ORDER

The Secretary of Labor filed a Petition for Discretionary Review regarding the Administrative Law
Judge’s disposition of this matter. The Commission thereafter directed the case for review and issued a
briefing notice.

The parties subsequently signed a Settlement Agreement that the Secretary filed with the
Commission. Having reviewed the record, the Commission approves the Settlement Agreement. Commission
Rule 100, 29 C.F.R. § 2200.100.

SO ORDERED.                

BY DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION

Dated: February 14, 2011                           /s/____

Ray H. Darling, Jr.                                                                                                                    Executive Secretary

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