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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 78-1361, 78-2041 Decided September 30, 1981 Procedural

Pittsburgh Forging Company

Dockets severed and one judge decision affirmed

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Plain-English summary

The Commission severed dockets 78-1361 and 78-2041. It affirmed the administrative law judge's decision in docket 78-2041 and gave that ruling the precedential value of an unreviewed judge's decision. Docket 78-1361 remained under Commission review. The short order does not identify the underlying citations, standards, or penalties.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in the Commission order.
  • Outcome: Dockets severed; judge's decision in 78-2041 affirmed; 78-1361 remained on review.
  • Key point: Severance allowed one docket to become final while Commission review continued in the other.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket Nos. 78-1361; 78-2041

PITTSBURGH FORGING COMPANY

OSHRC Docket Nos. 78-1361; 78-2041

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

September 30, 1981

COUNSEL:

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Office of the Solicitor, USDOL

Marshall H. Harris, Reg. Sol., USDOL

W. Scott Railton, for the employer

George Prenatt, Staff Rep., Safety & Health Dept. - USWA, for the employees

OPINION:

ORDER OF SEVERANCE

Upon our own motion it is ordered that Docket Nos. 78-1361 and 78-2041 are hereby severed pursuant to Rule 10 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, 29 C.F.R. �
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The administrative law judge's decision in Docket No. 78-2041 is affirmed.
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It is accorded the precedential value of an unreviewed judge's decision.
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See Leone Construction Co., 76 OSAHRC 12/E6, 3 BNA OSHC 1979, 1975-76 CCH OSHD P20,387 (No. 4090, 1976).
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Docket No. 78-1361 remains on review.
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