S.A. Storer and Sons, Co.

Plain-English summary

The D.C. Circuit vacated part of the Commission's earlier order concerning scaffold fall protection at two work areas. The court affirmed the violation at the materials-staging area but vacated it at the window-opening area. The Commission remanded the case to the ALJ with directions to enter those results and reassess the penalty for the remaining violation on an expedited basis.

Decision snapshot

• Cited standard(s): 29 C.F.R. § 1926.451(g)(1)
• Outcome: Remanded to vacate the window-opening allegation, affirm the materials-staging allegation, and reassess the penalty.
• Key point: On remand from a court of appeals, the Commission directed the ALJ to implement the court's location-specific ruling and determine the penalty for the surviving scaffold violation.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

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  No. 01-1587

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REMAND ORDER

On
March 19, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit issued a decision and order vacating the order of the Review Commission
dated September 5, 2002. The court granted in part Respondent�s petition for
review with respect to an alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. �1926.451(g)(1). The
court affirmed the decision of Commission Judge Stephen J. Simko
as to the materials staging area of the scaffold and vacated the decision as to
the window opening area. The court remanded the matter to the Commission for
further proceedings consistent with its decision.

We in turn remand this matter to
Judge Simko . On remand, the judge is directed to
vacate the citation in so far as it alleges a violation with
regard to the window opening area, affirm the citation as to the
materials staging area, and reassess an appropriate penalty for that portion of
the citation which is affirmed.

The ALJ is directed to issue his
decision and order on an expedited basis pursuant to Commission Rule 103, 29 C.F.R.
�2200.103.

Date: __May 27, 2004__ ����������������������������������� /s/_____
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W.
Scott Railton

Chairman

/s/________

James
M. Stephens

Commissioner ����������

/s/_________
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V. Rogers

Commissioner ����������������������������������������������