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Tracy Bakery Production, Inc. (Commission decision, November 6, 1997)

Commission restores and approves settlement

Decision type
Commission decision
Docket
97-1146
Decided
November 6, 1997
Outcome
Settled
Precedential status
Citable Commission precedent
Checked against source
2026-07-23
Official source
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Plain-English summary

The Secretary asked the Commission to review a withdrawal filed after the area office and Tracy Bakery Production, Inc. had already settled the case. The Regional Solicitor's Office had been unaware of that settlement when it filed the withdrawal. Tracy did not oppose the request. The Commission set aside the mistaken withdrawal and the administrative law judge's order approving it, then approved the settlement. The released order does not reproduce the citation provisions or settlement terms.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): Not stated in the Commission order.
  • Outcome: The mistaken withdrawal was set aside and the parties' settlement was approved.
  • Key point: An administrative withdrawal can be undone when the record shows the parties had already reached a settlement.

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

Office of
Phone: (202) 606-5400
Executive Secretary
Fax: (202) 606-5050

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SECRETARY OF LABOR,
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Complainant,
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v. : OSHRC Docket No. 97-1146
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TRACY BAKERY PRODUCTION INC.,
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Respondent.
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ORDER
The Secretary has filed a petition for discretionary review informing the Commission that the area office and Tracy Baker Production Inc. (Tracy) have settled this matter. The Secretary’s Regional Attorney states that the Regional Solicitor’s Office was unaware of the settlement when it filed its notice of withdrawal. As evidence of the error, the Secretary has filed a copy of the settlement. Tracy has not opposed the petition.
We have reviewed the record and conclude that the notice of withdrawal was filed as a result of administrative error. Accordingly, we set aside the withdrawal and the administrative law judge’s order approving it, and we approve the settlement.
So ordered.
/s/

Stuart E. Weisberg, Chairman

Date: November 6, 1997
/s/
Daniel Guttman, Commissioner

1997 OSHRC No. 45

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