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Secretary of Labor v. Sellersburg Stone Company (ALJ decision, August 3, 1982)

Secretary of Labor v. Sellersburg Stone Company (FMSHRC LAKE 80-363-M): Typing error corrected in July decision

Decision type
ALJ decision
Dockets
LAKE 80-363-M, LAKE 80-364-M
Decided
August 3, 1982
Presiding judge
William Fauver
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Reviewed by the Commission
Checked against source
2026-10-20
Official source
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Plain-English summary

Judge William Fauver issued a correction to his July 26, 1982 decision in the Sellersburg Stone penalty cases. On page two, line four, he changed the word “drill” to “check.” This order makes only that typing correction and states no new ruling on a citation or penalty.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None identified in this correction.
  • Outcome: July 26 decision amended by replacing “drill” with “check” on page two, line four.
  • Key point: The correction changes one word in the earlier decision; it does not supply a new merits disposition.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
SOL V. SELLERSBURG STONE
DDATE:
19820803
TTEXT:

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
Civil Penalty Proceedings
PETITIONER
v. Docket No. LAKE 80-363-M
AC No. 12-00109-050061
SELLERSBURG STONE COMPANY,
RESPONDENT Docket No. LAKE 80-364-M AC No. 12-00109-05007

CORRECTION OF TYPING ERROR IN DECISION

The decision entered on July 26, 1982, is corrected and amended, at page 2, the fourth line, by changing the word, "drill," to read, "check."

WILLIAM FAUVER
JUDGE

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