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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 76-1188 Decided March 21, 1986 Procedural

Cuyahoga Valley Railway Company

Secretary allowed to withdraw citation

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Plain-English summary

The Secretary of Labor asked to withdraw the citation against Cuyahoga Valley Railway Company. The Commission granted the motion and cited a Sixth Circuit decision involving the United Transportation Union. The short release does not identify the cited conditions, standards, or proposed penalty.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in the release.
  • Outcome: Secretary's motion to withdraw the citation granted.
  • Key point: The Commission permitted the Secretary to end the citation through withdrawal.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket No. 76-1188

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

CUYAHOGA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY,

Respondent. 

UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION,

Authorized Employee

Representative.

OSHRC Docket No. 76-1188

DECISION

Before:  BUCKLEY, Chairman; RADER and WALL,
Commissioners.

BY THE COMMISSION:

The Secretary's motion to withdraw his citation is
granted.  See Donovan v. United Transportation Union , 783 F.2d 58 (6th
Cir. 1986).

FOR THE COMMISSION

Ray H. Darling, Jr.

Executive Secretary

DATED:  MAR 21, 1986

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