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Joshua Industries, Incorporated (ALJ decision, December 20, 1991)

Joshua Industries, Incorporated (FMSHRC WEVA 91-1618-D): Back pay ordered after default

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
WEVA 91-1618-D
Decided
December 20, 1991
Presiding judge
Gary Melick
Outcome
Other
Precedential status
Final order, not precedent
Checked against source
2026-08-15
Official source
Read the official release (fmshrc.gov)
PDF
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Currency note: this decision dates from 1991
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Final ALJ decision, not Commission precedent
This decision became final under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) because no later Commission review appears in the official index. It binds the parties but is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

Nicholas Ramirez brought a discrimination proceeding against Joshua Industries, Incorporated. The respondent had previously been held in default. Judge Gary Melick directed Joshua Industries to pay Ramirez $3,123.62 in back pay plus interest within 30 days, unless it had already done so. The order relied on the Commission's decision in Clinchfield Coal Co., 10 FMSHRC 1493 (1988).

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standards: None stated in the order.
  • Outcome: The judge directed the defaulted respondent to pay $3,123.62 in back pay plus interest.
  • Key point: A final order following a default directed payment of back pay and interest to the complainant.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
NICHOLAS RAMIREZ V. JOSHUA INDUSTRIES DDATE: 19911220 TTEXT:

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (F.M.S.H.R.C.) Office of Administrative Law Judges

NICHOLAS RAMIREZ,
DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING
COMPLAINANT
Docket No. WEVA 91-1618-D
v. MSHA Case No. HOPE CD 91-07

JOSHUA INDUSTRIES,
No. 32 Mine
INCORPORATED,
RESPONDENT

DECISION AND FINAL ORDER

Before: Judge Melick

By decision dated November 25, 1991, the Respondent herein was held to be in default. Accordingly, if it has not already done so, Respondent is directed within 30 days of the date of this decision, to pay Complainant $3,123.62 in back pay plus interest in accordance with this Commission's decision in Clinchfield Coal Co., 10 FMSHRC 1493 (1988).

Gary Melick
Administrative Law Judge
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