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Delford Industries, Inc. (Commission decision, January 17, 1991)

One docket severed and made final while review continues

Decision type
Commission decision
Dockets
89-1263, 89-1753
Decided
January 17, 1991
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable Commission precedent
Checked against source
2026-07-26
Official source
Read the official release (oshrc.gov)

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Decision of the Commission
This interlocutory order made docket 89-1753 a final Commission order while docket 89-1263 remained pending before the Commission on review. It did not finally dispose of the lead docket. The full text below is from the official OSHRC release.
About this page: The plain-English summary and decision snapshot below were written by Ezel based on the official OSHRC release. The full text is the agency's own release.
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Plain-English summary

The Commission had jurisdiction over both consolidated Delford Industries dockets after review was directed. It determined that no compelling public interest warranted further review of the issues in docket 89-1753. The Commission severed that docket and made the ALJ's decision for it a final Commission order. Docket 89-1263 remained pending before the Commission for review. The order does not identify the underlying OSHA standards or decide the merits of docket 89-1263.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in the order
  • Outcome: Docket 89-1753 severed and made final; docket 89-1263 remains pending on review.
  • Key point: A direction for review gives the Commission jurisdiction over the entire consolidated case, but the Commission may sever a docket that does not warrant further review.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

Docket Nos. 89_1263, 89-1753, DELFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

Complainant,

v.

DELFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Respondent.

OSHRC Docket Nos. 89-1263 and 89-1753

ORDER

These consolidated cases were directed for review by Chairman Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., on December 11, 1990. Review was directed only on issues involving Docket No. 89-1263. Review was not directed on any issue involving Docket No. 89-1753. Under Commission Rule of Procedure 92 (a), 29 C.F.R. 2200.92 (a), however, the direction for review established jurisdiction in the Commission to review "the entire case, " that is, all issues in Docket Nos. 89-1263 and 89-1753. Having reviewed the entire record, the Commission now finds that there is no compelling public interest that would warrant further review of the issues presented in Docket No. 89-1753.

Accordingly, on the Commission's own motion pursuant to Commission Rule of Procedure 10, 29 C.F.R. 2200.10, Docket No. 89-1753 is severed and the judge's decision as to that docket number is deemed a final order of the Commission. Docket No. 89-1263 remains pending before the Commission on review.

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.

Chairman

Donald G. Wiseman

Commissioner

Velma Montoya

Commissioner

Dated: January 17, 1991

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