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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 96-0762 Decided May 30, 1997 Settled

Trinity Masonry & Stucco, Inc.

Settlement approval affirmed

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Plain-English summary

An ALJ approved the parties' settlement agreement. The employer petitioned for review, and the settlement order was directed for Commission review. After reviewing the case, the Commission affirmed the ALJ's order.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in the Commission order.
  • Outcome: The ALJ's order approving the settlement agreement was affirmed.
  • Key point: Commission review left the approved settlement in place.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

                                    United States of America
             OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
                              1120 20th Street, N.W., Ninth Floor
                                 Washington, DC 20036-3419




                                                 :

SECRETARY OF LABOR, :
:
Complainant, :
:
v. : OSHRC Docket No. 96-0762
:
TRINITY MASONRY & STUCCO, INC., :
:
Respondent. :
:

                                        ORDER
    The order of Review Commission Administrative Law Judge Sidney J. Goldstein

approving the settlement agreement in this case was directed for review based on the petition of
Trinity Masonry & Stucco, Inc. Having reviewed this case, we affirm the judge.

                                                                    /s/

                                                 Stuart E. Weisberg
                                                 Chairman


                                                              /s/
                                                 Daniel Guttman
                                                 Commissioner

Date: May 30, 1997
1997 OSHRC No. 26

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