Hamilton Die Cast, Inc. (Commission decision, April 22, 1986)

Plain-English summary

A Commission judge had affirmed a serious citation against Hamilton Die Cast under the eye and face protection standard. The Sixth Circuit vacated that finding and returned the case to the Commission. Following the court's direction, the Commission remanded the citation item to the judge for further proceedings consistent with the appellate opinion. The official release provides no additional factual or penalty details.

Decision snapshot

• Cited standard(s): 29 C.F.R. § 1910.133(a)(1)
• Outcome: Serious eye-and-face-protection finding vacated by the court; item remanded to the judge.
• Key point: The Commission returned the case for reconsideration under the controlling Sixth Circuit decision.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket No. 79-1686

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

HAMILTON DIE CAST, INC.,

Respondent.

INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS and ALLIED

WORKERS UNION,

Authorized Employee

Representative.

OSHRC Docket No. 79-1686

DECISION

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

BY THE COMMISSION:

This case was remanded to the Commission by the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  Hamilton Die Cast, Inc. v. OSHRC , No. 84-3664 (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 1986).  The issue before the Sixth Circuit was whether Commission Administrative Law Judge James D. Burroughs properly affirmed a citation item that alleged a serious violation of the eye and face protection standard at 29 C.F.R. 1910.133(a)(1).  The court vacated the judge's finding of a violation and remanded this case for further proceedings. Accordingly, we remand this case to Judge Burroughs for further proceedings consistent with the court's opinion.

FOR THE COMMISSION

Ray H. Darling, Jr.

Executive Secretary

DATED:  April 22, 1986

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