OSHRC Commission decision Docket 15-1638 Decided January 31, 2019 Remanded

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Case remanded after Fifth Circuit reversal

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Plain-English summary

An administrative law judge had vacated a willful citation against Hensel Phelps Construction Co. The Fifth Circuit reversed that decision and returned the case to the Commission. The Commission remanded the case to the judge for further proceedings consistent with the court's opinion.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): 29 C.F.R. § 1926.652(a)(1)
  • Outcome: Case remanded to the administrative law judge after appellate reversal.
  • Key point: The Commission implemented the Fifth Circuit's mandate by returning the citation for further proceedings.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

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United
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
REVIEW COMMISSION

1120
20 th Street, N.W., Ninth Floor

Washington,
DC 20036-3457

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

OSHRC Docket No. 15-1638

HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO.,

Respondent.

REMAND ORDER

Before: � M ac DOUGALL , 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 Fifth
Circuit. � Sec�y of Labor v. Hensel Phelps Constr. Co. , 909 F.3d 723 (5th Cir.
2018). � Administrative Law Judge Brian A.
Duncan vacated a willful citation issued by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration to Respondent. � Hensel Phelps Constr. Co. , 26 BNA OSHC 1773,
1778 (No. 15-163, 2017) (ALJ). � The judge�s
decision became a final order of the Commission. � On appeal, the Fifth Circuit reversed the
judge�s decision. � 909 F.3d at 743. � By mandate filed January 18, 2019, the court
has remanded this case to the Commission. �
We, in turn, remand this case to the judge for further proceedings
consistent with the court�s opinion.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ ��������������������������������������������������������

����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Heather
L. MacDougall

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����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Cynthia
L. Attwood

Commissioner

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James J. Sullivan, Jr.

Dated: January 31, 2019 �������������������������������������������� Commissioner

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