Ovation Plumbing, Inc. (Commission decision, December 20, 2018)

Plain-English summary

An administrative law judge had affirmed a fall-protection violation and assessed a $1,000 penalty, and that decision became a final Commission order. Ovation Plumbing petitioned the Tenth Circuit for review. The court granted the parties’ joint request for a limited remand so their settlement could be considered. The Commission returned the case to the judge to review the settlement agreement and any objections under Commission Rule 100.

Decision snapshot

• Cited standard(s): 29 C.F.R. § 1926.501(b)(1)
• Outcome: Case remanded to the administrative law judge for review of the parties’ settlement.
• Key point: A court-ordered limited remand allows the Commission’s judge to consider a settlement reached after the original final order.

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

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OVATION PLUMBING,
INC.

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OSHRC Docket No. 17-0196

REMAND
ORDER

Before: �
MacDOUGALL ,
Chairman; ATTWOOD and SULLIVAN, Commissioners.

BY THE COMMISSION:

In an April 17, 2018
Decision and Order, Administrative Law Judge Brian A. Duncan affirmed a violation of 29 C.F.R. � 1926.501(b)(1) and assessed a penalty of $1,000. � The decision became a final order of the Commission on May 18, 2018. � Respondent subsequently filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. � On November 20, 2018, the court issued an order granting the parties� Joint Motion for a Remand and remanding the matter to the Commission �for the limited purpose of considering the parties� settlement.� �

The Commission now remands
the matter to Administrative Law Judge Brian A. Duncan to review the settlement agreement and consider any objections pursuant to Commission Rule 100, 29 C.F.R. � 2200.100.

SO
ORDERED.

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

Heather
L. MacDougall

Chairman ��������������������

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

Cynthia
L. Attwood

Commissioner

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James
J. Sullivan, Jr.

Dated: December 20, 2018 ���������������������������������������� Commissioner