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Palmer Steel Supplies, Inc. (Commission decision, October 12, 1984)

Direction for review vacated after Secretary withdrew petition

Decision type
Commission decision
Docket
82-1061
Decided
October 12, 1984
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable Commission precedent
Checked against source
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Official source
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Plain-English summary

The Secretary filed a notice concerning the petition for discretionary review in Palmer Steel Supplies' case. The Commission treated the notice as a motion to withdraw that petition. It granted the motion and vacated the direction for review. The order does not identify a cited OSHA standard, discuss the merits, or state a penalty.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in the order.
  • Outcome: Petition for discretionary review withdrawn and direction for review vacated.
  • Key point: The Commission ended review after construing the Secretary's notice as a withdrawal motion.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket No. 82-1061

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

PALMER STEEL SUPPLIES, INC.,

Respondent.

OSHRC DOCKET NO. 82-1061

ORDER

The Commission interprets the Secretary's notice as a motion to withdraw the Petition for
Discretionary Review.  So interpreted, the Commission grants the Secretary's motion
and vacates the Direction for Review.

FOR THE COMMISSION

RAY H. DARLING, JR.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Dated:  OCT 12 1984

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