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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 82-0993 Decided July 22, 1983 Procedural

Georgia Pacific Corporation

Secretary's dismissal approved

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Plain-English summary

The Commission approved the Secretary's notice dismissing the Georgia Pacific proceeding. The brief public order does not identify the OSHA standard, cited workplace condition, procedural reason for dismissal, proposed penalty, or any terms associated with ending the case. It supplies no substantive ruling on the underlying allegation.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): The official release does not identify an OSHA standard.
  • Outcome: Secretary's notice of dismissal approved.
  • Key point: The Commission ended the proceeding through dismissal without deciding the citation's merits in this public order.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket No. 82-0993a

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

Georgia Pacific Corporation,

Respondent.

OSHRC Docket No. 82-0093

ORDER

The Secretary's notice of dismissal is approved.

FOR THE COMMISSION

Ray H. Darling, Jr.

Executive Secretary

Dated: Jul 22 1983

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