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OSHRC Commission decision Docket 18-0052 Decided November 15, 2018 Remanded

Black Tie Moving Services, LLC

Incomplete settlement remanded

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Plain-English summary

An administrative law judge approved the parties’ settlement, but they later discovered that the agreement inadvertently omitted one of the two citations identified in the complaint. The Secretary filed an unopposed motion to submit an amended settlement covering the missing citation. The Commission held that the original approval order was not a final disposition because it left one citation unresolved. The case was remanded to the judge to consider the amended settlement motion.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): The remand order does not identify the substantive OSHA standards.
  • Outcome: Case remanded for consideration of an amended settlement agreement covering the omitted citation.
  • Key point: A settlement approval is not a final disposition when the agreement fails to resolve every citation in the case.

Full text (OSHRC public release)

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United
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

1120 20 th
Street, N.W., Ninth Floor

Washington,
DC 20036-3457

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SECRETARY OF LABOR,

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����� OSHRC Docket No. 18-0052

BLACK TIE MOVING SERVICES, LLC,

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REMAND
ORDER

Before: � M ac DOUGALL , Chairman; ATTWOOD and SULLIVAN,
Commissioners.

BY THE COMMISSION:

An order issued by Administrative
Law Judge Keith E. Bell approving a settlement agreement between Respondent and
the Secretary was docketed on October 10, 2018. � On October 30, 2018, the Secretary filed an
Unopposed Motion for Leave to File an Amended Settlement Agreement because the
parties discovered that they had inadvertently excluded from the approved
settlement agreement one of the two citations referenced in the Complaint. � The Amended Settlement Agreement, which is attached
to the Secretary�s motion, states that Respondent certifies that a copy of the
agreement was served upon the affected employees by posting on October 30,
2018. � See Commission Rule 100(c), 29 C.F.R. � 2200.100(c) (requiring
posting of settlement agreement).

Because the approved agreement did
not resolve one of the citations, the judge�s order approving it did not constitute
a �final disposition of the proceedings� under Commission Rule 90(a), 29 C.F.R.
� 2200.90(a). [1]
� We therefore remand the case to the
judge to consider the Secretary�s unopposed motion.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ ��������������������������������������������

Heather
L. MacDougall

����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Chairman

/s/ ��������������������������������������������

Cynthia
L. Attwood

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

/s/ ��������������������������������������������

James
J. Sullivan, Jr.

Dated: November 15,
2018 ��������������������������������������� Commissioner

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, Secretary of Labor ����� )

United States Department of Labor, �������������������������� )

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������������� ��������������������� Complainant, ������������������������ ) ���������� OSHA Docket

����������������������������� ���� ������������������������������������������������� ) �� �������� No. 18-0052

v. ������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������ ) ����������

� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ) ���������� OSHA Inspection

BLACK TIE MOVING SERVICES LLC ���������������� ) ��
�������� No. 1277443

And Its Successors, �� ������������������������������� ������������������ )

������������� ��������������������� Respondent. ��������������������������� )

���������������������������������������������������������������������� ORDER

The parties have
submitted a settlement agreement pursuant to Rule 100 of the Rules of
Procedure. � The agreement meets the
requirements of the Commission for hospitable consideration of settlements. � No objection has been received from affected
employees. � The settlement agreement is
approved and incorporated herein by reference.

SO
ORDERED.

/s/ �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������� �����������������������

HONORABLE KEITH BELL

Administrative Law Judge

DATE: �� October 10,
2018 �������������������������������������������������������������������
� ��

[1] We remind the parties and their counsel that they
should carefully review all documents before filing.

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