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				<p style="text-align:center; ">1120 20th Street, N.W., 9<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
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							<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary of Labor,</span></p>
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							<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHRC Docket No.:<span>
									</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">18-1194 & 18-1195</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
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							<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto Sales & Service, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">On<span>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Jennifer J. Johnson, Esq</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Dallas, Texas</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For Complainant</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Apollo Auto Sa</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">le</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">s & Service, Inc., Houston, Texas</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For Respondent</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Before: Administrative Law Judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Sharon D. Calhoun</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DECISION AND ORDER</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">his matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">late notice of contest filed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">with the Commission on July 25, 2018,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Dutch Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Dutch Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto Sales & Service, Inc.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Court construe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Apollo Auto’s late notice of contest<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">request for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 60(b))</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On October 15, 2018, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">of Labor, United States Department of Labor (Secretary)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">filed an Opposition to the request for Rule 60(b) relief.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">For the reasons that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>follow,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s request for r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">elief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Background</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">This matter arises out of an inspection of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s jobsite located at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">2218 North Loop W., Houston</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Texas by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) during the period<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">January<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">9, 201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>through<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">January 18,<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the Secretary issued<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) alleging<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">serious violation of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">section 5(a)(1) of the Act, and two serious violations of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">standards promulgated<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">under section 5(a)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">) of the Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Citation also alleges<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">an</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">other</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">-than-serious violat</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on. P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">enalties in the total amount of $</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">6,652</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.00</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>were proposed for the alleged violations</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Citation also provide</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">had 15 working days from the date of receipt to contest the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> The Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">initially<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was mailed to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">first class</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mail</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, however it was returned “undeliverable.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">then<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">sent the Citation to Apollo Auto by United Parcel Service (UPS), a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">nd<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was delivered on March<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Opposition</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Exh</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. A,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">¶</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>2;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Exh</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. A, attachment 2)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. As a result of the March<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, delivery date, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, the 15-day contest period expired on</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>March 27</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">did not file</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Notice of Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">within the 15-day contest period.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Therefore, the Citation became a Final Order of the Commission under § 10(a) of the Act, as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">of the end of the contest period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> On May 1, 2018, OSHA requested abatement documentation and notified Apollo that the Citation had become final on March 27, 2018.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA conducted a follow up inspection of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">cited worksite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on May 9, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. As a result of the follow up inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on May 17, 2018, OSHA issued a Notification of Failure to Abate Alleged Violations (Failure to Abate)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">regarding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the violation previously<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">issued on February 16, 2018,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>as a serious violation of section 5(a)(1) of the Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and proposed a penalty in the amount of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">$25,868.00 for the Failure to Abate violation. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA hand delivered the Failure to Abate notification to Apollo Auto Sales’ manager, Stacy Williams<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on May 18, 2018<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Opposition</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Exh</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. A</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">¶</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Failure to Abate provides Apollo had 15 working days from receipt to contest. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The fifteen-day period for contesting the Failure to Abate expired on June 11, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">did not file</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Notice of Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>within the 15-day contest period. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Therefore, the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Failure to Abate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">became a Final Order of the Commission under § 10(a) of the Act, as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">of the end of the contest period.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">As set forth in its J</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">uly 25, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Request for Relief,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">disputes the citations, charges and penalties, stating that it considers OSHA’s actions as “very harsh.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Apollo Auto also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">provided<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">in the filing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the name and telephone number<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">attorney Afton<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Iz</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, advising that Ms.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Iz</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">would contact OSHA to resolve the matter.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">2</a></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DISCUSSION</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, an employer is required to notify the Secretary of its intent to contest (Notice of Contest) a Citation within 15 working days of receipt. Failure to timely file a Notice of Contest results in the Citation becoming a final order of the Commission by operation of law. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s contest was filed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">with</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Commission on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">July 25, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">nearly four</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>month</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>after<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">receiving<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Citation, and approximately six weeks after<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">receiving<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Failure to Abate</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, outside of</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the requisite 15-day period set out in the Act. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">An employer who has filed an untimely Notice of Contest may be granted relief under Rule 60(b) in certain circumstances.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 371 F.3d 156 (3d Cir. 2004).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered as a result of “mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” A late filing also may be excused under Rule 60(b)(3), if the late filing was caused by the Secretary’s “deception or failure to follow proper procedures.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2116-17 (No. 80-1920, 1981);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1476 (No. 76-2165, 1979);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Keppel’s Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">7 BNA OSHC 1442, 1443-44 (No. 77-3020, 1979). In addition, a late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(6), for any other reason that justifies relief, such as when “absence, illness, or a</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">similar disability prevent[s] a party from acting to protect its interests.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 9 BNA OSHC at 2117. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The moving party has the burden of proving it is entitled to relief under Rule 60(b).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> Apollo Auto has failed to provide<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">sufficient</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>proof that it is entitled to relief.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In determining whether the late filing of a Notice of Contest may be found to be due to “excusable neglect” under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the equitable analysis enunciated by the Supreme Court in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Inv. Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>507 U.S. 380 (1993)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is applicable.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=506&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=2004560020&ReferencePosition=163"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co.</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, supra.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Court held that “excusable neglect” is determined based upon equitable considerations that take into account all relevant circumstances, and includes consideration of the following factors: (1) the danger of prejudice to the opposing party; (2) the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings; (3) the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">reason for the delay, including whether it was within the reasonable control of the party seeking relief, and (4) whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=780&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=1993072396&ReferencePosition=395"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
							</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">at 395;</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp.</span></a>
					<a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
							</span>18 BNA OSHC 1948, 1951 (No. 97-851, 1999).<span>
							</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
							</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">“[N]either a lack of prejudice to the Secretary nor good faith on the part of Respondent in attempting to comply with the statutory filing requirement alone will excuse a late filing.”<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=2024060162"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp.</span></a>
					<a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=2024060162"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010)</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Commission has held that whether the reason for the delay was within the control of the respondent is a “key factor” in determining the presence of “excusable neglect.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">A. S. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Calhar</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 18 BNA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHC 2151 (No. 98-0367, 2000). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A party seeking relief under Rule 60(b)(6) “must show ‘extraordinary circumstances’ suggesting that the party is faultless in the delay.” </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Where a party is partly to blame for the delayed filing, relief from the final order must be sought under Rule 60(b)(1) and the party’s neglect must be excusable. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Pioneer Investment Serv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">507 U.S. at 393</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Commission requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span><span></span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1991434415"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDBVLC5THFCSPENL31MDGXEM4ECET1QIFZGCCVLPJQ5QHF10U3S5KM">14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991)</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">16 BNA OSHC at 1763. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">It is the Secretary’s burden to establish service of the Citation. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>does not dispute the Citation was served. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">It also is not disputed t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">hat<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did not contest the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and Failure to Abate</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>within the requisite time period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>contest letter was received by Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on July 25, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>well after the f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">inal contest due date</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Therefore, by operation of law, the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Failure to Abate</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and proposed penal</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ties<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">must be deemed Final Order</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the Commission, unless<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>can demonstrate it is entitled to relief. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Court finds Apollo Auto has not demonstrated it is entitled to relief.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Neither</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the record evidence nor Apollo Auto’s explanations for its late filing show deception or a failure to follow proper procedures on behalf of the Secretary.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> Apollo Auto received the Citation and the Failure to Abate. Both unambiguously provide in conspicuous typeface that Apollo Auto had 15 working days after receipt within which to file a notice of contest. Therefore, the Court finds the Secretary did not engage in deception and followed proper procedures in this matter.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The only<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">reason</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Apollo Auto has provided<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to the Court<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">for the delay is that it considers OSHA’s actions to be “very harsh.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">This provides<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">insufficient<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">basis for the Court to conclude that the reason for the delay was not under Apollo Auto’s control. Therefor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the Court finds the delay<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was within Apollo Auto’s control</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Court finds that Apollo Auto failed to exercise due diligence and was simply negligent in failing to file<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ontest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>before the expiration of the contest period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. The Commission has long held an employer’s mere carelessness or negligence, even by a layperson, in failing to timely file a Notice of Contest does not amount to “excusable neglect” that would justify relief under<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=1004365&DocName=USFRCPR60&FindType=L"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDLCZIYJ0DNL11JSINP4N3ZZ1UTG0KIWXODWVMOSGAD502D3R0XBMK">Rule 60(b)</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Acrom</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr. Serv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1123, 1126 (No. 88-2291, 1991). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Apollo Auto has not provided the Court evidence regarding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">any<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">good faith efforts to timely contest. However, the Secretary asserts in his motion Apollo represented it was unable to respond because of preoccupation with personal family medical issues (Opposition, p. 7). The</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>record does not demonstrate that Apollo Auto made any efforts prior to the statutory filing deadline or immediately after, regarding the Citation or Failure to Abate. Therefore, the Court finds that Apollo Auto did not make a good faith effort to comply.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Court also finds that Apollo Auto has not alleged a meritorious defense, which is also required for relief.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">An employer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">must also establish the presence of a meritorious defense for Rule 60(b)(1) relief.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A meritorious defense is one that is valid at law with respect to the underlying action. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Park Nursing Center, Inc., v. Samuels,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">766 F.2d 261, 264 (6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 1985). The presence of a meritorious defense is “satisfied with minimal allegations that the employer could prove a defense if given the opportunity.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Jackson Assoc. of Nassau</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1261, 1267 (No. 91-0438, 1993). </span></p>
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						</span>lack of prejudice to the Secretary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alone</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>will<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">excuse a late filing.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).</span></p>
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						</span>factors enunciated in<span>
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						</span>Apollo Auto’s control over the delay and its lack of good faith are determinative. Apollo Auto has not</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>suggesting that<span>
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						</span>is faultless in the delay”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>as required for<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Final Orders for the Citation and the Failure to Abate are undisturbed and are<span>
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					</span>On June 29, 2018, OSHA issued<span>
					</span>an other-than-serious Citation to Apollo Auto proposing a penalty in the amount of $311.00. Apollo Auto timely contested the June 29, 2018 Citation. The Commission’s Executive Secretary docketed the matter as OSHRC Docket No. 18-1193. On December 11, 2018, Judge Brian Duncan issued a Decision affirming the Citation and assessing the proposed penalty due to Apollo Auto failing to appear on a scheduled Simplified Proceedings Conference Call and failing to respond to his Order to Show cause for not appearing. The Decision became a Final Order of the Commission on January 28, 2019.</p>
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					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ms.<span>
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						</span>has not filed a Notice of Appearance in this matter. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">O</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n<span>
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