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				<p style="text-align:center; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:CG Times; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:CG Times; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</span></p>
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							<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">SECRETARY OF LABOR</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
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							<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, dba PORTLAND PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION<span>
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				<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHRC DOCKET NO. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">0</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">742</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; ">Luis A. Garcia,<span>
					</span>Esq.,<span>
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					</span>Natasha<span>
					</span>A.<span>
					</span>Magness, Esq.,<span>
					</span>U.S.<span>
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					</span>Office of the Solicitor,<span>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">Los Angeles, California<span>
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				<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For Complainant</span></p>
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				<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">David P. Larson,<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">U.S. Postal Service Law Department, OSHA Group, Denver, Colorado<span>
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				<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">Before: Administrative Law Judge<span>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">I.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Procedural History</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n response to a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">U.S.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">opened an inspection of the U.S. Postal Service dba Portland Processing and Distribution Center</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“USPS” or “Respondent”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>located at 7007 NE<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cornfoot</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Road,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Portland, Oregon</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">work</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">site”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As a result of</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the inspection,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA issued a<span>
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						</span>(“Citation”) to<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">alleg</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">violation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">651-678 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“OSH<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and propos</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>total</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>penalty of</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>$</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">148,137</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation was issued on<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">20</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">22</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Item 1<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">alleged<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a serious violation of 29 C.F.R.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">§ 1910.147(e)(3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; (2)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Citation 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Item 1 alleged</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a repeat-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(c)(7)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">); and (3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Citation 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Item 2 alleged</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a repeat-serious violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.212(a)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">2</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent timely contested the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, bringing this matter before the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“Commission”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">three</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-day</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hearing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was held<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">March 28</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">30, 2023</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Portland, Oregon</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e following witnesses<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">USPS Ma</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">intenance Mechanic Scott Ashby</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(2)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">USPS Maintenance Mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Drake Dillard</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(3)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">USPS Mai</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l Processing Equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(4) USPS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Electronic Technician Adam Adams; (5) USPS Maintenance Mechanic Vladimir Kratovil;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(6) USPS Maintenance Mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Aaron Fox; (7) USPS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Area Maintenance Technician</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(8) USPS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Electronic Technician Gregory Johnson; (9) USPS Maintenance Manager David<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Chiniewicz</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; (10) OSHA Area Director Cecil Tipton;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(11) OSHA Acting Area Director Richard Quan; (12) OSHA Compliance Officer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(“CO”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or “CSHO”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cassandra Davis; (13) USPS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Acting S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">upervisor William Bennett; (14) USPS Supervisor Maintenance Operations Justin Pulu; (15) USPS Supervisor Maintenance Operations David Hamlin; (16) USPS Lead Maintenance Manager Jeffrey Moline; and (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">17</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">) OSHA CO Michael Potter. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Both</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>parties filed briefs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>after the hearing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">B</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ased on what follows, the Court<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">vacates<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Item 1, Citation 2, Item 1, and Citation 2, Item 2.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">II.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Stipulations</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The parties</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">agreed upon</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">joint<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">stipulation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">statement</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(“JSS”)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prior to the beginning of trial. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Joint Stipulation Statement; Complainant Secretary of Labor’s Request for Judicial Notice (Mar. 17, 20</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">23)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">9.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">parties stipulated to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">32 enumerated facts</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which are hereby incorporated</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>by reference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pp.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2-5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, ¶¶ 1-32</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">These stipulations will be<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">addressed herein as appropriate.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">III.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Jurisdiction<span>
					</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Postal Employees Safety Enhancement Act of 1970</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">made<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the OSH Act applicable to Respondent in the same manner as any other employer.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Pub. No. 105-241, 112 Stat. 1572-1575 (1998);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 U</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">§ </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">652(5). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">record<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">establishes<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an employer within the meaning of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSH<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Act and that it is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">engaged in a business affecting interstate commerce.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Complaint ¶</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">¶ II, III;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Answer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">¶¶ II, III</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-8 at 0307</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">establishes that Respondent filed a timely notice of contest. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(JSS ¶ 6.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Accordingly</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as the parties stipulated,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he Court has jurisdiction over this proceeding pursuant to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>section<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">10(c) of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSH<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 U.S.C. §</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> 6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">59(c)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">¶ </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Comm’n, U.S.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Dep</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of Lab</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 518 F.2d 990, 995 (5th Cir. 1975),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>sub nom.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; 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-style:italic; ">Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Comm’n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 430 U.S. 442</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1977) (describing “Enforcement Structure of OSHA”).</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">IV.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Factual Background</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">A.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Worksite</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">worksite is a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>24-hour<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">850,000 square</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">feet<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">mail</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">processing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">facility</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Approximately 1,145 employees work at the facility in three “tours,” or work shifts: Tour 1 is 10</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m. to 7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.; Tour 2 is 7a.m to 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Tour 3 is 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to 10</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">3</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Ex. C-8 at 0315; Sec’y Br. 2 n.2.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Within<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">each area of the workroom floor are n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">umerous different machines</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">–</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>each with their own<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Energy Control Procedure (“ECP”) as documented by Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Maintenance Technical Support Center. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, e.g., Ex. C-49 (ECP for Dual Pass Rough Cull (DPRC)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">record includes ECP’s for approximately</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>thirteen different machines.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">4</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS ¶¶ 11-20;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C-49 (DPRC 1 & 2), C-52</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(EPPS), C-53 (APBS), C-54 (DIOSS), C-55 (CIOSS), C-56 (ATU), C-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">57 (AFCS 200), C-58 (AFSM 100), C-59 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">AFSM 100 AIAFSM), C-60 (ATSU & ATSII), C061 (USS-1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Intralox</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">), C-62 (USS-1 Sorter), C-63 (LCTS).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">5</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The workroom floor area within the facility is shaped like a rectangle and divided into “rows” and “columns.” (Tr. 165.) The rows are named A – S (approximately 19 rows) and denote certain areas of the workroom floor. (Tr. 165.) For example, the “K row encompasses an entire row of the building,” and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is located in</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the middle of the workroom floor. (Tr. 97, 165.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The K row,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">notably</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, is “a place where people are assigned to cover a large<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">amount</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of machines, in fact about 12 different acronyms at the Postal Service.” (Tr. 97.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Also of note is that w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hile the K row contains multiple machines, the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">EPPS area</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>contains only one “substantially larger” machine (the EPPS) and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is in</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a different area of Respondent’s worksite<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the size of a “football field.” (Tr. 126.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hazards at issue in this case relate to the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">who</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>are mechanics</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">/technicians</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for the various machines</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in the facility.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mechanics are responsible for machine preventative and non-scheduled maintenance including tasks such as changing belts, vacuuming, and unjamming tray lines. (Tr. 62-63, 808). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">During their tour, m</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">echanics are assigned<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">machinery in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a certain area<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the floor<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and “in the area</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>[they are</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">wat</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hing the machine, watching the belts,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">mak</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">] sure the belts haven’t drifted from side to side rubbing on the – that the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’re tracked properly and not rubbing on one of the guard rails. Ensuring that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ther</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s nothing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">jammed in there and tearing apart somebody’s mail.” (Tr. 929-930).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record indicates that there are different “levels” of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">maintenance</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">starting with “custodian” levels 3, 4, and 5, and then<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“mechanic”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">level 7 and level 9. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">62</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 910-91</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">USPS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Lead</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Maintenance Manager<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Moline<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that the difference between a level 7 mechanic and a level 9 mechanic is primarily for compensation pu</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">oses. (Tr. 913).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record suggests that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">higher level</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mechanics perform<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">higher level</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>tasks.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref6" href="#ftn6">6</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">174-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">175.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record also suggests</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sometimes a level 7 mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is trained on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">how to perform<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">some<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">level 9<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tasks</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 24</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-246</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 912-913</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record establishes that both level 7 and level 9<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">mechanics can be “authorized employees”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at Respondent’s worksite.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>An</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">uthorized employee</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at Respondent’s worksite<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is an employee who is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">trained in lockout/tagout<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a specific<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">piece of machinery</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">perform</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>service or repair tasks on it.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(JSS ¶</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">¶</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">9-10;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 210</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-23<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 969</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record indicates that Respondent requires initial and then yearly refresher training for a specific piece of equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in order for</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a mechanic to maintain the “authorized employee” status for that machine. (JSS ¶¶ 9-10; Tr. 39-40, 72-73, 97-98, 214-215, 327, 533-534, 946-947; Ex. C-23.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The lockout/tagout training for specific machinery is typically<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one to two hours</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>long</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in group format</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and hands-on such that each person will perform the lockout/tagout procedure on the machine so that they<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">are<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">comfortable with locking out that machine. (Tr. 65-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">69</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As discussed below, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he record overwhelmingly supports a finding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that the mechanic</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>witnesses<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in this case<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">knew</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>whether</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which machine</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>they were each<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">designated as an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">authorized</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employee</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to wo</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rk.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In contrast to “authorized employees,”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">designates</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employees as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ffected employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">are those<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that are not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">au</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">thorized employee</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">such as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“mail processing employees, carriers, custodians, and management employees.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 948</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>C-23 at 969</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent requires<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“affected<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees”</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref7" href="#ftn7">7</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>be “instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure, prohibitions relating to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">attempts</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to restart equipment, or remove energy control devices.” (Ex. C-23 at 969.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record indicates that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent considers that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>some tasks – such as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">vacuuming – can be performed by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">affected employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on machines when there is no risk<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of unexpected energization. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 812-81</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex. C-23 at 990.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On a daily basis</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, according to Respondent Lead Maintenance Manager<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Jeffrey<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Moline, machines are serviced under a “group lockout”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">situation. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 919-920.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A g</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">roup<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lockout is when<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one authorized employee locks out a machine, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">then<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">other<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref8" href="#ftn8">8</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">perform<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tasks like vacuuming, computer work or changing a bearing or a belt<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">piece of machinery<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">while<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is locked out. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">240-241,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">919-920</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-23 at 982</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">B.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Workers</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Scott Ashby is a level 7 maintenance mechanic (tour 3) and is authorized to lockout and service the DBCS and CIOS. (Tr. 32-33, 45). He testified that his DBCS and CIOS training was up to date. (Tr. 40).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Drake Dillard is a level 7 maintenance mechanic (tour 1 during the time at issue) and is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">authorized to lockout and service the ATU, APPS, ASCS, DBCS, DIOS/CIOS, and AFSM. (Tr. 63-65). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is a level 9 mail processing equipment mechanic (tour 1)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is authorized to lockout and service the DBCS and AFSM. (Tr. 94-97, 127). He testified that he was trained on DBCS and AFSM in 2020. (Tr. 100).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Adam Adams is a level 10 electronic technician and "lead trainer" (tour 1) and is authorized to lockout and service the DB, DIOS, and CIOS. (Tr. 210-213). He testified that he is trained in the DB and DIOS/CIOS (and has trained others) in 2020-2022. (Tr. 213).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Vladimir Kratochvil is a level 7 maintenance mechanic (tour 2) and is authorized to lockout and service the AFCS200, DPRC, BFS, and NEC canceler. (Tr. 256-257, 263). He testified that he is trained in AFCS, DPRC, BFS, NEX, and DPRC 2 as of 2021. (Tr. 257, 262).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Aaron Fox is a level</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">maintenance mechanic (tour 1) and is authorized to lockout and service the DBCS, DIOS, and CIOS. (Tr. 321-322). He testified that he was trained in DBCS, DIOS and CIOS since December 2021. (Tr. 321-322). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a level 10 area maintenance technician (an electronic technician during time at issue) (tour 2) and is authorized to lockout and service the AFCS, Barney, DPRC, AFCS, and BDS (bio detection system).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 357-359). He testified that he was trained in AFCS and DPRC in 2018. (Tr. 359, 363, 443).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Gregory Johnson is a level 10 electronic technician (tour 3) and is authorized to lockout and service the AFCS, DPRC, DBCS, CIOS, DIOS, and RCS. (Tr. 477-478, 480). He testified that he is trained in AFCS, DBCS, CIOS, DIOS, RCS, and DPRC 1&2. (Tr. 478).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="page-break-before:page; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; background-color:#C0C0C0; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "></span> </p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:24px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Initial Employee<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Complaint</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA’s inspection was based on two separate complaints filed by</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees. The first complaint was e-filed with OSHA on November 24, 2021, by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, who<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at the time of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">his</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>complaint<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>level 9</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mechanic<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">who worked on Tour 1<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and was an authorized employee on the DBCS and AFSM<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at the site. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">His<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">online complaint includes the following<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">commentary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Postal Service management officials have been placing untrained employees in unsafe situations. They’ve been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">allow</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>untrained employees to complete the Operational Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance Routes. These employees are not qualified per the Electrical Work plan agreement 6 EL-810-2013-5 and MMO-023- 13. There are approximately 6 employees that I’ve identified so far.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Ex. C-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1 at 221.) Another entry on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the online complaint identified the following locations with hazardous conditions: “The EPPS, AFTL, ATS, LCTS, MSWYB, and the APBS areas.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Ex. C-1 at 221.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Upon receipt of Mr. Drain’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">online<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">complaint,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA Area Director<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(“AD”)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cecil Tipton assigned the matter to CO Cassandra Davis and CO Michael Potter.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">559.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">AD</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tipton directed CO Davis to reach out to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to clarify the complaint. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">AD Tipton explained:</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:.564cm; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">You know, because what is written here was not real clear on exactly what we're getting at and a lot of these terms we don't know, so we needed to reach out to the complainant to get a clarification on that. Get clarification on locations. What is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">actually meant</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>by this complaint.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 562.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">contacted<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">by telephone<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on November 29, 2021, and requested additional information from him regarding the hazards he identified in the online complaint. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">632-633; Ex. C-73.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis explained</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that she did not know what<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was referring to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">by the acronyms under “Hazard Location.” (Tr. 631.) CO Davis testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:.564cm; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I asked him to go over his complaint with me. I asked him what the hazards were that he was concerned with, because in the complaint it just said employees are in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">an untrained<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">–</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">m sorry,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">‘</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Untrained employees are in unsafe situations.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">So</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I asked him to explain to me what that means, and then he went into detail to advise me what the unsafe situations were and the training that he thought was required.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">633.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sent an email on December 1, 2021, with the following additional<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">information he had discussed with CO Davis on the telephone:</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Postal Service has been exposing untrained emplo</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ees to electrical hazards from work on, near conductors or equipment in electric-utilization installations. Per the Postal Service agreement with OSHA, the E</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ectrical Work Plan EL-810-2013-5, employees must successfully complete the required training. The Postal Serv</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ice has not demonstrated that the emp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">oyees have completed Lock out tag out training under MMO-033-05 and all required training for New Maintenance Employees under Management Instruction EL-810-2013-5, which requires at least 6 months of on-the-job training with a ‘qualified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Postal Service employee.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">One of the many areas the workers in question are being exposed to is the ‘K-Row’ area</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. The ‘K-Row’ area has 32 machines of many v</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rieties including but not limited to AFTL (Automatic Flats Tray Lidder), APBS (Automated Parcel Bundle Sorter), ATS (Automatic Tray Sorter),</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and more.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Ex. 73 at 223) (emphasis added).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">When asked at the hearing why he submitted the complaint,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified:</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">There were employees they were having working in the K row and the EPPS area that were new and untrained. And before you work on any equipment you should have lockout/tagout training, you know. And they had expressed to me -- expressed to me over time that, you know, they lacked training.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 104). When asked why he selected those<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">particular pieces</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of equipment,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified: “It was just as an example. There was plenty...the K row has like 12 different acronyms.” (Tr. 109.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">then testified that the EPPS area and the K-row area are two separate areas. (Tr. 125.)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">After this correspondence,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis and AD Tipton understood Mr. Drain’s complaint to be<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">equipment focused</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and not necessarily location specific. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 604, 794.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> AD Tipton testified that he understood Mr. Drain</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s concern to be “a systemic issue” related to lockout/tagout, but that OSHA ha</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d no capability of looking “at every piece of equipment in that facility.” (Tr. 604.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Davis prepared<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazards (“Notice”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">described the hazard</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at Respondent’s worksite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>as follows: “The Postal Service has been exposing employees to electrical shock, crushed-by, struck-by, any other related hazards while performing maintenance work without proper training in Lock-out Tag-out (LOTO) procedures.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">563,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>638;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">AD Tipton reviewed the Notice and then assigned CO Davis and CO Potter to inspect Respondent’s worksite.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 563-564.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">When asked whether he received a copy of the Notice before CO Davis</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>inspected the worksite,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">said that he remember</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>seeing the Notice. (Tr. 199</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 202</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">C.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Opening Conference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">,<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Initial Walk-Around</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
					</span>and Document Request</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On December 3, 2021, CO Davis and CO Potter arrived at Respondent’s worksite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, showed their credentials,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">served management with the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Notice</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">conducted an opening conference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(JSS ¶ 3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Tr. 653-660</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Exs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>C-3, C-8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis and CO Potter testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">they discussed the Notice and specific pieces of equipment at the opening conference. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The pieces of equipment discussed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">included</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">EPPS,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">LCTS,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">MSWYD,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">AFTL,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ATS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">had been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">listed on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Drain’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">complaint</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">656-657,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">976; Ex. C-3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, C-73</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This conversation was documented in CO Davis’s opening conference notes. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 655-656; Ex. C-3.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent officials present at the opening conference<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">included<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Brian<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Gaines</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Facilities Operations Manager)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">N’Kole</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Bulb</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">u</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(District Safety Manager)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Pamela<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Simpson</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Interim Maintenance Manager)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">David<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Chiniewicz</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref9" href="#ftn9">9</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Maintenance Supervisor)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Levada<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Padilla</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Regional Senior Lead Manager – via teleconference)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Steve<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Sc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">wartzman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Attorney – via teleconference)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Theresa<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mills</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(via teleconference)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 653;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Exs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. C-3, C-8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at 308</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">During this opening conference, CO Davis also asked for documents from Respondent. (Tr. 658.) CO Davis requested the following documents:<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA 300s for the past three years; the lockout/tagout program and all the procedures for the equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>requires lockout/tagout; forma</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l and informal lockout/tagout training records for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">authorized</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">affected</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and other employees; a list of authorized employees and affected users; and then the organizational chart for that facility; the work schedules for maintenance mechanics and technicians.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 658; Ex. C-8 at 317.) CO Davis testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ms. Padilla objected to “the volume” of documents that CO Davis requested</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>CO Davis<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">told Ms. Padilla th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at OSHA “needed” the documents and “hope</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that they would provide them</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 659-660.)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis testi</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">fied that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">they discussed the possibility of a walk around to inspect the machines they had mentioned. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 660;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex. C-3.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">She testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[t]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employer objected again and said that due to it being the holiday season and the volume of work that they had, the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>would direct us to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[only]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one machine</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">EPPS.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 660.)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis testified that “during the opening conference, I gave a list of the machines. The employer was aware of where those specific machines were located, and took us to the location, based on what was agreed upon in the opening conference.” (Tr. 754-755);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Tr. 975-976; Ex. C-3. CO Davis and CO Potter walked through the faci</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lity and interviewed several employees. (Tr. 661.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified that “it was difficult again because they said due</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to business needs there was a limitation on emplo</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ees we could speak with.” (Tr. 661.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">entire visit<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lasted an hour and a half. (Tr. 660.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">December 7, 2021, in response to the OSHA 300 logs that Respondent had<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">provided</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on the day of the inspection, CO Davis formally requested<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the rest of the documents that had been discussed during the opening conference. (Tr. 663-664;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Exs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. C-19, C-20.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent submitted several documents to CO Davis. (Tr. 665-6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">71</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Exs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. C-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21, C-22, C-23</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, C-24,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C-25</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis reviewed the documents and determined that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">re</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“were still missing documents,” and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that the documents that were submitted “did not disprove the allegation.” (Tr. 673.) After approval from AD Tipton, CO Davis<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prepared a subpoena for the missing documents. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">567-569,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">673</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C-27</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The subpoena was issued on February 18, 2022. (Ex. C-27.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">answer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to the subpoena, Respondent attorney Schwartzman emailed a response<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">providing some additional<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">documentation and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">objecting to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">some requests</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">570-571; Ex. C-28.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>responded<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to Mr. Schwartzman<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">stating “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ome</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">issues<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">may<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">just need clarification</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or confirmation while others may need the production of additional documents</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">clarified and narrowed the scope of the request.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 570</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-571</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex. C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-29.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On March 15, 2022,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent submitted “a very large amount of documentation.” (Tr. 572-573</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 676</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-30.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">After reviewing all the documents, OSHA determined that Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">had not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">submi</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the requested training records.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 573-574</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) According to CO Davis, “[b]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ased</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on the documentation that had been submitted and reviewed, it still did not disprove the allegation that employees were not being properly trained.” (Tr. 686</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 689-693</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">D.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The May 2022 Employee Complaint and Walk-Around</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On May 18, 2022</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref10" href="#ftn10">10</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">electronic tech</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nician<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>called</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>CO Davis and then sent her an email<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 4:38</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">regarding t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he removal of his lock and tag from the Dual Pass Rough Cull #2 (“DPRC”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the previous day,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May 17, 2022. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 357, 419; Ex. C-77.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. King<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shared with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">photo</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">graph</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a DPRC machine<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">guard<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cover that had been removed and placed o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n the ground,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">broken pieces of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shaft and bearing inside it, and photos of the control panel<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of the DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">without<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s lock and tag. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 420-421.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he believed this was a “safety hazard, the potential that management has clearly seen by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">now” because<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“[t]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hey’ve</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>cut my lock off. Because I was trying to, you know, trying to protect co-workers and further damage to the machine.” (Tr. 420.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">That same day, at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">7:30</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, CO Davis arrived at Respondent’s worksite after getting approval from her supervisor to conduct another walk-around inspection regarding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s complaint. (Tr. 719</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-8 at 308.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">After a brief opening conference,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in which CO Davis “identified that this was lockout/tagout and that we had an open inspection” and identified th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e DPRC as the machine that she needed to see,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Lead Manager Moline escorted CO Davis to the DPRC. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 720;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex. C-8 at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">309-310.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">According to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Moline, CO Davis stated that she “was here for the last issue with the – with the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">EPPS.” (Tr. 892.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Moline also testif</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed that CO Davis claimed that “she was there under the December<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">3rd</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">complaint which involved training.” (Tr. 892.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Moline testified that he asked her where she wanted to go, that she indicated that she wanted to see the DPRC, and that he then walked her to that piece of equipment. (Tr. 892-893.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Once at the DPRC,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">which was locked out,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis saw<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">machine<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">guard</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>cover</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on the ground, with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">remnant</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">bearing and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shaft inside</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 72</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">0</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-72</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-45 at 1520, 1524, 1525,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1526.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">V.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Discussion</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">A.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Threshold<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Issue</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
					</span>– Probable Cause</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent claims that OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">had no probable cause basis to inspect outside of the K-Row</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>per Mr. Drain’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">online complaint,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">entered into</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent’s facility under the guise of K-Row machin</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ery</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>but<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">intentionally<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inspected<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and requested documentation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>regarding machinery<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">outside of the K-Row</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">therefore<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">violated<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s Fourth Amendment rights</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in this matter</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 2,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">18-22.) Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">insists</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>tha</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t “[d]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ismissal</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and a written sanction of or referral of the Area Director</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>are<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">appropriate.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 21.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary has<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">not addressed this issue in her post-hearing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">brief;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>however, the Court<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ha</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>addressed a similar claim<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in this matter prior to the hearing.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>For the following reasons, the Court rejects Respondent’s Fourth Amendment claim.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On February 10, 2023,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>filed a Motion to Dismiss Complaint for Failure to Comply with the Statute of Limitations, claiming in part that OSHA failed to comply with 29 U.S.C. § 657(f)(1) and the corresponding agency regulation found at 29 C.F.R. § 1903.11 by failing to provide a copy of Mr. Drain’s original complaint to Respondent at the time of the inspection.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref11" href="#ftn11">11</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary filed a response arguing that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inspections under Section 8(f) do not need to be limited in scope to the precise problems identified in employee compla</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nts.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Sec’y<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of Labor’s Response to Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss; Declarations of CSHO Casandra Davis and Luis A. Garcia in Support Thereof at 7-9 (Feb. 23, 2023) citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Reich v. Montana Sulphur & Chem. Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 32 F.3d 440, 446 (9th Cir. 1994)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">MSCC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">By Order issued on March 20, 2023, the motion to dismiss was denied with the note that “the Court will allow Respondent some latitude in examining the CSHO on what constituted the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">notice received by OSHA prior to the inspection, subject to any objections based on legal privileges.” Order on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss (No. 22-0742, Mar. 20, 2023.) </span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In its post-hearing brief, Respondent appears to have abandoned<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">specific claim</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">technically<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">failed to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">comply with</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Act by not presenting Mr. Drain’s original complaint to Respondent at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the in</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tial opening conference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref12" href="#ftn12">12</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Instead, Respondent claims that OSHA wrongfully expanded the scope of the inspection<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">by inspecting outside of the K-Row<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">without proper basis or disclosure to Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">thereby violat</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent’s Fourth Amendment</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref13" href="#ftn13">13</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>rights.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref14" href="#ftn14">14</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 2, 18-22.) </span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This case arises in the Ninth Circuit and so<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">MSCC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">applies.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref15" href="#ftn15">15</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
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						</span>court<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that a complaint about welding pr</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ovided a sufficient basis for OSHA to inspect the employer’s welding procedures. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">MSCC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 32 F.3d<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">446;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Hern Iron Works, Inc. v. Donovan,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>670 F.2d 838, 841 (9th Cir</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. 1982</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The court then concluded that “OSHA</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s investigation is not a prisoner of the precise terms of the complaint filed.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">MSCC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 32 F.3d at 446 n.7. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Similarly</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>here, Mr. Drain’s complaint related to lockout/tagout training, and th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ourt therefore finds that Mr. Drain’s</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">complaint provides a sufficient basis for OSHA to inspect Respondent’s lockout/tagout procedures.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>cites<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Donovan v. Sarasota Concrete Co.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>693 F.2d 1061, 1068-1069 (11th Cir.1982)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in support of its argument that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission has the “authority to find an expanded search to be unreasonable and also apply the exclusionary rule to suppress evidence obtained in that fashion.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp't</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 21.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">urt took a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">narrower</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>view than the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">MSCC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">court and held that p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">robable cause for an inspection<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">under the OSH Act<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prompted by an employee complaint</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">established if<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the inspection “bears an appropriate relationship to the violation alleged in the complaint.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>693 F.2d<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1068-1069. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">‘</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">R</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">easonableness</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’ remains the ultimate standard in evaluating the propriety of an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">administrative</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>search.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. at</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1069-1070. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">For the following reasons, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he Co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">u</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rt finds that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">even under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">walk-around inspections at issue in this matter</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, as well as the document requests,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>were appropriately related to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the alleged hazard of lack of lockout/tagout training<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at Respondent’s worksite.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s argument is based<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in part<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">claim</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>tha</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is “undisputed” that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“Respondent was never told prior to granting consent to inspect on December 3,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that OSHA had already expanded the footprint of t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e insp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ction from 15% to 100% of the facility.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> First,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the number 15% came from Mr. Drain’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">answer to the stand-alone question, “if you were looking at the map from up above or sort of a bird’s eye view of the building, that entire workroom floor what percent would encompass the K row?” (Tr. 164.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">number</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“15%”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is misleading because</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Drain’s initial complaint also included the EPPS – which is the size of a “football field</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">” – and not part of the K-Row</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(2)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Drain’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">December 1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>email state</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that his complaint is not limited to the machines in the K-Row</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(3) the hazard alleged<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(lockout/tagout training) could potentially “permeate” throughout the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">facility</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>given the sheer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">number of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pieces<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">quipment</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>throughout the facility</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 126;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex. C-73 at 223<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">One of the many areas</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the workers in question are being exposed to is the ‘K-Row’ area</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">emphasis added</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>693 F.2d<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1069<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">specific complaint may allege a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">violation which permeates the workplace so that a full scope inspection is reasonabl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>related to the complaint.”).</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Second,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">both AD Tipton and CO Davis disputed the allegation that the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>scope of the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>inspection was enlarged from 15% to 100% of the facility. (Tr. 583-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">583,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">747-748,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">751-752, 754.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">They both testified that the Notice was drafted as a direct result of consulting with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to understand what his concerns were at the worksite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent points out that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not intend<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inspect the “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the entire building,” however his area of focus “was indeed the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">K row</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and the EPPS.” (Tr. 163;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">20.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent cites no authority that the online submission through OSHA’s website</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was absolute</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and final such that only the online submission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ould cons</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">titute</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">N</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">otice</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">” as defined by the OSH Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not testify that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nor was he asked whether</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Notice<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">– which he recalled seeing –<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">given to Respondent management at the opening conference<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">exceeded his concerns.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">198-199</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 201-202.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court thus<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rejects<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">this</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">claim</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent next argues</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the search</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(which it is undisputed is not in the K-Row) on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May 18,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2022</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>improper because<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">concerned<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">machine outside of the K-Row. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">19-21.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the May 18</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2022,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>search of the DPRC fell under the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Notice’s alleged training violations</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>because:</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the allegation on the 18th was that the lock had been removed, which fell under training because there’s proper requirements to remove an employee’s lock, and that is covered under the training program</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 776.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent does not address CO Davis’s explanation and maintains only that the search was invalid due to the location of the DPRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>accepts CO Davis’s explanation as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">reasonable</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>because it is related to the initial alleged violation – lack of lockout/tagout training</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sarasota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>693 F.2d at 1068-1069. Similarly for the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">document requests, CO Davis testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">And as I understand, the mechanics are assigned to a variety of different machinery throughout the plant.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">So</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to get an accurate list of training records, had we limited it just to the K row, with some of the machines identified in the complaint are outside of the K row, we would not have had an accurate accounting of the training for the employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 79</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">4.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court also finds that the requests for training documentation related to lockout/tagout were properly within the scope of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the initial alleged violation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Finally, the Court rejects Respondent’s claims that AD Tipton made “knowing and false” statements under oath and “continued his lies” while on the witness stand. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 18.) The questions posed to AD Tipton presumed the incorrect conclusion that OSHA improperly expanded the scope of the inspection. AD Tipton’s responses reflected his opinion that the search was proper given the nature of the alleged hazard. (Tr. 583-584.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As such, Respondent’s request th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>AD Tipton be sanctioned or “referred” is denied</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 21-22.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court rejects Respondent’s Fourth Amendment claims and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">continues to the merits of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">alleged<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">violations.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">B.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Applicable Law</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">To establish a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prima facie</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>violation of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">section 5(a)(2) of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Act,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Complainant</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>must prove: (1) the standard applies to the cited condition; (2) the terms of the standard were violated; (3) one or more of the employees had access to the cited condition; and (4) the employer knew, or with the exercise of reasonable diligence could have known, of the violative condition. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Atl. Battery Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 2131, 2138 (No. 90-1747, 1994).<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Complainant has the burden of establishing each element by a preponderance of the evidence.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Hartford Roofing Co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 17 BNA OSHC 1361, 1365-66 (No. 92-3855, 1995). Preponderance of the evidence has been defined as:<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The greater weight of the evidence, not necessarily established by the greater number of witnesses testifying to a fact but by evidence that has the most convincing force; superior evidentiary weight that, though not sufficient to free the mind wholly from all reasonable doubt, is still sufficient to incline a fair and impartial mind to one side of the issue rather than the other.<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Preponderance of the evidence</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Black’s Law Dictionary, (1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th ed. 201</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">9</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">).<span>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">C.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
					</span>– The<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">A</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">lleged<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Lockout/Tagout Device Removal<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">V</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">iolation</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Item 1 alleges a serious violation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R.<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">§<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1910.147(e)(3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, which</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>provides:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-2 style_indent-2 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">3</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; ">Lockout or tagout devices removal.</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Each lockout or tagout device shall be removed from each energy isolating device by the employee who applied the device.<span>
					</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Exception to paragraph (e)(3):</span><span><span></span>
					</span>When the authorized employee who applied the lockout or tagout device is not available to remove it, that device may be removed under the direction of the employer, provided that specific procedures and training for such removal have been developed,<span>
					</span>documented<span><span></span>
					</span>and incorporated into the employer's energy control program. The employer shall demonstrate that the specific procedure provides equivalent safety to the removal of the device by the authorized employee who applied it. The specific procedure shall include at least the following elements:<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-3 style_indent-3 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Verification by the employer that the authorized employee who applied the device is not at the<span>
					</span>facility;<span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-3 style_indent-3 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ii</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Making all reasonable efforts to contact the authorized employee to inform him/her that his/her lockout or tagout device has been removed; and<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-3 style_indent-3 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">iii</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Ensuring that the authorized employee has this knowledge before he/she resumes work at that facility.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-3 style_indent-3 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R.<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">§<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1910.147(e)(3)</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span>The Secretary alleges that Respondent violated section<span>
					</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1910.147(e)(3)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>in the following manner:<span>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:42.267px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[o]n or about May 17,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2022</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>maintenance employees working on and near the Dual Pass Rough Cull (DPRC #2) at the USPS P&DC facility were exposed to electrocution, electrical burns, and electric shock when the lockout device was removed by the employer and not by the employee who applied the device.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Citation at 6.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="page-break-before:page; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "></span> </p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Relevant Facts<span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This citation item and the machine guarding citation item (Citation 2, Item 2) arise out of the same set of facts. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">a.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">May 14, 2022</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Vladimir Krat</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">chvil was servicing the DPRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>– a machine of which h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is an “authorized employee” as deemed by Respondent – when he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">heard a screeching noise and saw a belt<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">j</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">erk. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">256-267,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">265.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Kratochvil stopped the DPRC,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">put on his lock and tag, took off a machine guard and discovered a broken bearing and shaft. (Tr. 266-267.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Since it was near the end of his<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shift, he called his supervisor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>David Hamlin and left a voice message</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>notifying him that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the DPRC “was broken and I put a lock on it and take it out of service.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 273-274.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He also testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he said in the voicemail that he had to leave<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for the day<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">soon and he needed to remove his lock. (Tr. 274.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Hamlin testified that he received no<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">such<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">voicemail from Mr. Kratochvil</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and if he had he would have “gone out onto the floor to investigate and as</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">k</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>him what he was referring to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>get specifics.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 871-872,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">877</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-878</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">At that point, Mr. Kratochvil ran into<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>told him his situation – that he had to leave and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">remove his lock and “I couldn’t get anybody on the phone</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 275.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Mr. Kratochvil explained that he was not authorized overtime and he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“only had<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">about<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ten minutes to put my tools away, get off the clock.” (Tr. 275</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 304</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Kratochvil testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>told</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>him that he would put his own lock on the DPRC. (Tr. 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">75.) Mr. Kratochvil then removed his lock, put his tools away and went home. (Tr. 276.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He did not return to the worksite until Tuesday, May 17, 2022.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
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						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he did not put on a lock on the DPRC at that time on May 14.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 372</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 380-382</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>explained</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he told Mr. Kratochvil, “Well, if Dave [Hamlin’s]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">coming over there, I’ll let him deal with it, because I<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">don’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">] want to have to deal with Dave Hamlin.” (Tr. 372.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>knew</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>then that Mr. Kratochvil had removed his lock from the DPRC.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 372-373.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s tour ended at 3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, when he left for the day,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not return to the worksite until Tuesday, May 17, 2022. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">380-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">38</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">b.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">May 17, 2022</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testi</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">fied</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, on May 17, 2022,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Kratochvil came to him around 7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and told him that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">DPRC was still not locked out and was still broken</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and that he [Kratochvil] was going to report it at their 7:45</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety meeting</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 382.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">However,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Kratochvil</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did not testify that he told<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>DPRC was still not locked out and was still broken.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref16" href="#ftn16">16</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Kratochvil<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">after<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">arriving at work at 5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on May 17</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not inquire about the DPRC and the events on May 14. (Tr. 276-277.) He testified that he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">does not recall attending the morning safety meeting on May 17. (Tr. 279-280). He testified that he “might have” returned to the DPRC at the end of his shift that day. (Tr. 277.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He testified that to the best of his knowledge, on May 17, he believed the guard was “still on the ground” where he had left it on May 14. (Tr. 285-286.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In any event, on the morning of May 17,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>decided</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to lockout the DPRC himself with one of his own<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“extra<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lock</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>before the 7:45</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety meeting.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 382.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He turned off the machine, and locked and tagged it out as per its placard instructions.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 382-385</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-77</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>decided</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to lock out the DPRC himself because Mr. Kratochvil “didn’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>have an ex</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ra lockout/tago</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ut. I did, so that’s why</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">...And since management<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[Supervisor Hamlin]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">failed to come<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">after an employee<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[Kratochvil]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">told them that the machine was broken, they never came and looked at it.” (Tr 386.)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">saw Supervisor William Bennet<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">walk<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">out of the 7:45</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety meeting directly<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to the DPRC and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“looked at it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,” and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>looked “at the lockout and tagout on the po</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">er cabinet. He was at the p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ow</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">er cabinet that we pointe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d out where the lights and everything were.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Tr. 386-38</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Supervisor<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Bennet</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified that he was not at the first morning meeting, he arrived at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and may have attended the 7:45</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety talk. (Tr. 811.) He also testified that he did not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">go to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">see the DPRC that day. (Tr. 806-808.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he did not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">approach Mr. Bennett about his lock “because [Mr. Kratochvil] was reporting it again. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">So</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I was letting [Mr. Kratochvil] take the lead on that.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I just put my lockout/tagout on it to do what management should have done on the 14</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h.” (Tr. 388.)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He further testified that he did not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">notify any</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>else – including<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">management, supervisors, managers or otherwise</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>– that he locked out the DPRC because “it had tota</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ly spaced my mind</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[.]” (Tr. 391.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that his lock was still on the DPRC when he left for the day at 3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(the end of Tour 2)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to the best of his knowledge. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 392.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">During Tour 3,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">electronic technician<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Gregory</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">arrived a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>work and went to the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">daily meeting where “pertinent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">information</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that needs to be relayed to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>next tour” takes place. (Tr. 481</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-483.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson testified that he does not recall any discussion about the DPRC during that meeting. (Tr. 483</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-484</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) He testified that he discovered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was locked out<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">when he was in the area<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">during his normal duties</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 4</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 486</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>He testified that his supervisor is Justin Pulu. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">489.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Supervisor P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ulu<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified that Mr. Johnson called him</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>around 5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nd</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>asked about the DPRC “being locked out by the previous tour.” (Tr. 819</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 821</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu testified that he received<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">no information from previous tour management about the DPRC.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 819-820.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Mr. Pulu instructed Mr. Johnson to inspect the DPRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to make sure it was safe and functional</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 492,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>501</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">824-825</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) Mr. Johnson testi</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">fied</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he did not find anything abnormal – “I didn’t hear any really loud bearings or anything like that or everything – a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l the guards were<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and the thing was operational.” (Tr. 511.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson testif</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed, “on the day that I was to check out the machine, no, I did not see a cover [as it appeared in Ex. C-45 at 1524] like that. That<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">would have been a big red</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>. . .</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”, and he would not have authorized the start of the machine. (Tr. 511-512</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 825-827</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Mr. Pulu testified that the cover did not look like the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“torn apart” cover pictured in</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Ex. C-77 [the photograph sent by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>OSHA on May<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">18th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or he “would have reported<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">out<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">something like that.” (Tr. 837.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu testified that he followed “protocol” after checking out the lock. (Tr. 820.) He identified the lock as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s and then called him over the radio and then over the PA system. (Tr. 820-821.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">However, Mr. Pulu knew<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a worker for the previous tour and had left the worksite for the day.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 821</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-822.) Mr. Pulu then called<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s “listed number</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref17" href="#ftn17">17</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">” under Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employee resource manag</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">system</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and got no answer. (Tr. 822-822</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 847</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) Mr. Pulu did not leave a voice message</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 822</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 848</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that he received no such telephone calls from Mr. Pulu. (Tr. 398-399).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">estified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>not follow “proper shift change” procedure by leaving for the day without contacting someone about his lock.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 841; Ex. C-49 at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">226.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">After that, Mr. Pulu contacte</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d his own supervisor, Max Anguiano, and notified him of the situation – including inspecting the DPRC with Mr. Johnso</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n and discovering no issues. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 823</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-825.) Mr. Pulu testified that Mr. Anguiano said he was going “to contact his boss</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>who was “most<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">likely Jeff Moline.” (Tr. 825.) Mr. Anguiano then got back to Mr. Pulu and directed him to “cut the lock. He said if there’s no prior<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">knowledge</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>he said to run it and see if there’s any problems with it,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">any issues. And, you know, if there’s no issues then process. Of course, he asked me whose lock was it.” (Tr. 826.). Mr. Pulu told Mr. Anguiano that it was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s lock and that Mr. Pulu had attempted to contact him. (Tr. 826.) Mr. Pulu then cut the lock</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 826</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS ¶ 22.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">When Mr. Pulu then ran the machine, he made sure Mr. Johnson was there to observe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in accordance with proper procedure</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 827-828</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 841-842; Ex. C-49 at 226-227</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">That evening, the DPRC ran with no “crazy” problems. (Tr. 513</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 829</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 854</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Mr. Pulu testified that had the DPRC ran with “a bad roller or bearer,” “we would have most likely heard it squealing and screaming and there might have been an issue with it.” (Tr. 865-866.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu placed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s cut lock on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s supervisor’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">desk. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">833-834</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s supervisor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>[Dennis Erickson]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>should have notified<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>about</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>his lock the next time<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>came into the worksite. (Tr. 824</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 850</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sent an email documenting the situation to his management and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">left the worksite that evening at 11</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 829</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 851; Ex. C-47</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">c.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">May 18, 2022</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The next morning, o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n May 18</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>arrived</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at the worksite at 6:15</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and walked over to the DPRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and saw that his lock had been cut<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">off from</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the DPRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and that it had<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">operated the prior night</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 400</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 403.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He also saw the “guard with the pieces of the broken metal on the ground” where he had observed it the prior day. (Tr. 416.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">He then went to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">his supervisor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Mr. Erickson, and asked him about his lock and tag. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 403.) Supervisor Erickson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">told him it was on his desk and that he would give it to him after the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6:30</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety meeting. (Tr. 403.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that Supervisor Erickson said that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“caused [management] to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">be aware that everybody didn’t have up-to-date tags and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">they were</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">going to get everybo</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dy on the same page.” (Tr. 408.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>told</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Mr. Erickson that he was “supposed to be called,” when his lock was cut, to which Mr. Erickson re</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lied, “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ell, you’r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e being told now.” (Tr. 408.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it was evident that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Erickson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was “in the dark” about his lock and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not know why<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s lock was cut. (Tr. 409-41</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">0.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified that h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ad someone asked him, he would have explained why he placed the lock on the DPRC on May 17. (Tr. 411.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>then</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>went to the morning meetings and went back to his work area. (Tr. 413.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Later that day, Supervisor Erickson collected all improper lock</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and tags from employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, including<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 413-414.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Right b</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">efore<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">left for the day at the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">end of his sh</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ift,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>obtained</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>another lock from the parts room, wrote “J. King” on it, and locked out the DPRC again. (Tr. 414</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-415</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-47 at 5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; JSS ¶ 23</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> He did not notify anyone that he had again locked out the DPRC before leaving for the day</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, but he testified that he should have under proper procedure</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">417.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
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						</span>left</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for the day at 3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">subsequently<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sent CO Davis the email that prompted<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May 18 visit</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he worksite. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 418-419</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-77</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">During Tour 3,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and Mr. Pulu<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">discovered the DPRC was again locked out. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson testified that h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e saw<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and heard<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu have a conversation on the telephone about cutting the lock. (Tr. 491</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 504</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu made no attempt to contact<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr. 422-424, 831.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>watched Supervisor Pulu cut off the lock with a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">bolt cutter</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and remove the tag</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref18" href="#ftn18">18</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 489-490</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; JSS ¶ 24</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">At the direction of Mr. Pulu,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson put his lock on the DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">immediately after he saw Mr. Pulu cut off the lock</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">489,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">493</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 495</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 835-836</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 864</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">; Ex. C-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">45</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS ¶ 25</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">About 15 minutes later,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 7:30</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">CO Davis arrived<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at the worksite to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inspect</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he DPRC. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Tr. 494-495</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 719; Ex. C-8 at 308</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.) </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Secretary Failed to Establish that the Cited Standard Applies</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.564cm; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The general industry LOTO standard, effective January 2, 1990, “covers the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">start up</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the machines or equipment, or release of stored energy could cause injury to employees.” 29 C.F.R. §1910.147(a)(1)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">). The LOTO standard defines servicing and/or maintenance as “workplace activities” exposing an employee to the possibility of unexpected energization such as “constructing, installing, setting up, adjusting, inspecting” as well as “cleaning or unjamming” machines or equipment. 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(b). </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Gen. Motors Corp., CPCG Oklahoma City Plant</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 22 BNA OSHC 1019 (Nos. 91-2834E & 91-2950, 2007) (“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">CPCG</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”). As the Secretary points out, “lockout and tagout devices must be affixed to each energy-isolating device by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">authorized employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.” (Sec’y Br. 14) (emphasis added);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 C.F.R. §1910.147(d)(4)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">) (“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA has defined an “authorized person” as:<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A person who locks out or tags out machines or equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in order to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>perform servicing or maintenance on that machine or equipment. An affected employee becomes an authorized employee when that employee</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s duties include performing servicing or maintenance covered under this section.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(b).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">At issue in this case,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA also requires certain procedures to be followed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">if the authorized person</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>who affixed the lockout/tagout device is not available to remove it. 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(e)(3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(the cited standard) (emphasis added). The Secretary claims that Respondent violated these required procedures when Mr. Pulu removed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s lock and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>not notified about it. (Sec’y Br. 6-7, 15.)<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Therefore, to establish a violation of the cited standard, the Secretary must first establish that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an “authorized person” with regard to the DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2022</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. The Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">has skipped over this analysis in her post-hearing brief.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent, however, claims that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>not an authorized employee of the DPRC in May of 2022. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 2-6.) In fact, it is undisputed that Respondent did not consider<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“authorized person” for the DPRC.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Even CO Davis knew that Respondent did not consider<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“authorized person” for the DPRC. (Tr. 776-779.)<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that his training on the DPRC had expired by May 14, 2022. (Tr. 362-363.) As such, according to Supervisor Hamlin,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>not an authorized employee of the DPRC on May 17, 2022. (Tr. 877-878, 880-881, 888.) This fact is consistent with his work schedule and the DPRC’s operating hours. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s tour hours were 6:30</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>– 3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and he worked the “AFCS area.” (Tr. 359.) The DPRC, while in that area</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref19" href="#ftn19">19</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, only operates at night, as it is the machine that runs mail and the mail “usually arrives around 4:00 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon up until 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning.” (Tr. 954-956);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Tr. 284. The DPRC only runs in the morning if maintenance is being performed on it. (Tr. 956.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that the DPRC is “not part of my daily routine.” (Tr. 391.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">What is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">relevant here for the applicability analysis is whether the record supports a finding that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an “authorized person” as OSHA has defined that term.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As noted above, OSHA considers someone to be an “authorized person” as “a person who locks out or tags out machines or equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">in order to perform servicing or maintenance on that machine or equipment</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.” 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(b) (emphasis added). The facts of the case establish that although<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>may</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>have wanted servicing to be performed on the DPRC from May 14 – May 18, it is undisputed that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the DPRC was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in operation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>until</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>late<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May 1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and underwent repairs only<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">after Mr. Johnson affixed his lock to the DPRC after Mr. Pulu removed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s lock.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS ¶ </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">26</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The DPRC #2 was in operation at the Portland Plant on May 14, 2022, through May 18, 2022, until locked out by Mr. Johnson at the behest of Supervisor Pulu to conduct repairs to a roller and bearing.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Indeed, the record shows that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>acted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">because<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">no servicing was being performed on the DPRC.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record also supports the finding that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>not intend to perform servicing or maintenance on the DPRC himself. He intended only to stop the machine from operating out of a perceived issue with the DPRC, not to perform servicing on it. In fact, even CO Davis testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s purpose of locking out the machine was not to perform servicing of the DPRC, but to keep the DPRC from running out of concern for the safety of other employees. (Tr. 778-779.)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">These facts fail to establish that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an “authorized person” for the DPRC as OSHA has defined that term. As he was not an “authorized person,” then the cited standard cannot apply to the facts of this case. The Secretary has failed to establish applicability of the cited standard.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Citation 1, Item 1 is<span>
					</span>VACATED.</p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">D.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">, Item 1 – The Alleged</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
					</span>Lockout/Tagout Training<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Violation</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Item 1 alleges a serious violation of 29<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C.F.R.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>§ 19</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">10</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">147</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(7)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, which provides:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-3 style_indent-3 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-4 style_indent-4 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-4 style_indent-4 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">B</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Each affected employee shall be instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure.<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-4 style_indent-4 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span>All other employees whose work operations are or may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized, shall be instructed about the procedure, and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment which are locked out or tagged out.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-4 style_indent-4 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; ">29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(c)(7)(i). The Secretary alleges that Respondent violated section 1910.147(c)(7)(i)<span>
					</span>in the following manner:<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-1 style_indent-1 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On or about December 3</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rd</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2021, and at times prior thereto, the U.S. Postal Service did not provide the required machine-specific training to ensure that employees acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of energy control devices. Maintenance employees who were performing routine, preventative, and non-scheduled maintenance and repairs on post and parcel processing equipment at the Portland, OR, P&DC location were exposed to electrocution, entanglement, electrical shock, caught in, and pinched by hazards in the event of unexpected energization.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-1 style_indent-1 " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Citation at 7.) </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Here, based on Respondent’s internal management directives, the Secretary claims that all of Respondent maintenance employees (“level 7 and above”) are “authorized employees” as defined by OSHA and “subject to the LOTO training requirement of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(c)(7)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)(A).” (Sec’y Br. 18-19.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent claims that the Secretary “never identified a specific emp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">oyee that was perfor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">m</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing a maintenance task for which a lock out was required that they were not trained or certified to perform.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 7-8.) Respondent’s argument is consiste</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nt with Commission precedent.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">CPCG</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the Commission stated:<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">To determine applicability of the standard’s initial training requirements in this case, we evaluate below the evidence of each citation item individually, examining whether the record establishes that each employee was assigned to perform servicing or maintenance during the limitations period on equipment at the GM plant which poses the hazard of unexpected energization.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">CPCG</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">22 BNA OSHC at 1030</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The record<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">overwhelmingly<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">supports a finding that the machinery at the worksite each have their own ECP</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, that Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees work near the machinery, that some of Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s workers<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">service and maintain that equipment, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>required<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">additional specific lockout/tagout training<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in those procedures<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for those workers who perform service and maintenance on specific pieces of machinery</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>e.g.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, JSS ¶¶ </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8-20.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This finding is consistent with OSHA’s definition of those employees who must be trained under the cited standard: authorized, affected and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">all<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">other employees.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref20" href="#ftn20">20</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> 29 C.F.R. § 1910.147(c)(7)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court, however, finds that the Secretary has failed to establish<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the applicability of the cited standard to individual workers.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; 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-style:italic; ">CPCG</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">22 BNA OSHC at 1030</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">looks</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>precise testimony of a witness to determine the applicability of the training standards to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">determine</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>whether that employee was an “authorized” person as defined by OSHA (not the employer).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 1033-1039</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">E</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ch of the mechanic</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">/technician</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>witnesses<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">here<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">knew what training was required to be an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">uthorized</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>person, as defined by the USPS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and they had received the specialized</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lockout/tagout training to work on assigned equipment</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 32-33, 40, 45 (Ashby);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">63-65 (Dillard); 94-97, 100, 127 (Drain);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>210-213 (Adams); 256-257, 262-263 (Kratochvil);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">321-322 (Fox); 357-359 (King); 477-478, 480 (Johnson)).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">supports a finding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">there was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>sufficient training for “authorized employees” in th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">eir job tasks</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> 29 C.F.R. §§ 1910.147(c)(7)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)(B), (C). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This also supports a finding of sufficient training for “affected” employees, as defined by OSHA, which requires less training than an authorized employee but more than “all other employees.”</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Cour</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has not located testimony in the record</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">determine whether any of the witness</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">es</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">perform</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a specific task</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>without the necessary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lockout/tagout training</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>during the applicable citation period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> There is testimony that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Dillard<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was “assigne</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a machine</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>prior to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>training, but the record does not elucidate the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">assigned<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">task that was at issue</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at the time.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 64, 78-79, 83.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary points to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>complaint for those working on the K-Row, but the Secretary does not connect the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>complaint<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>whether “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">each employee was assigned to perform servicing or maintenance during the limitations period on equipment [on the K-Row] which poses the hazard of unexpected energization.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">CPCG</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>22 BNA OSHC 1030</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">points out that some tasks are performed daily under a group lockout/tagout situation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, which would not require “authorized employee” status because there would be no risk of unexpected energization to that employee under a group lockout</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Tr. 919-920.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The Secretary does not address the possibility that the instances raised in her brief might fall under a group lockout situation.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary argues that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“woefully insufficient” and “glaring absence of legible”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">training documentation – despite multiple requests from OSHA – warrants an adverse inference that no such training occurred. (Sec’y Br.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">24.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Adams, however, testified that Respondent’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>training</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">document<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">record</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">keeping has been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inconsistent for</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the past two years. (Tr. 234-236.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The Secretary has not addressed this testimony. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Other evidence in the record suggests that Respondent is chall</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nged to keep up with administrative tasks – such as<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">when Mr. Erickson collected all<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“improper” locks and tags, and when Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Chiniewicz</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“things get lost.” (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">408, 413-414,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">540.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary also did not cite Respondent for a recordkeeping violation. As such, there is enough<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">evidence<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in this record to not make an adverse inference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>based on inadequate training records. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Fluor Daniel</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1529, 1531 (No. 96-1729, 2001) (consolidated) (“Although the Commission may draw reasonable inferences from the evidence, we do not think that the evidence in this case supports such an inference.”),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff’d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 295 F.3d 1232 (11th Cir. 2002).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court therefore finds that the Secretary has failed to establish a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pplicabil</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ty and non-compliance</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">or this citation item.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Item 1 is VACATED.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">E.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">, Item 2 – The Alleged<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Machine Guarding Violation</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Item 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alleges a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">repeat-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">serious violation of 29<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C.F.R.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>§ 19</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">10</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">212(a)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, which provides:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-1 style_indent-1 " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; ">(a)<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Machine guarding</span><span><span></span>
					</span>—</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_indent-2 style_indent-2 " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paragraph-hierarchy style_paragraph-hierarchy " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_paren style_paren " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; ">Types of guarding.</span><span><span></span>
					</span>One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic<span>
					</span>safety devices, etc.</p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 1910.212(a)(1). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary alleges that Respondent violated section<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1910.212(a)(1)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in the following manner:<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On or about May 18, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees working on and near the Dual Pass Rough Cull (DPRC #2) at the USPS P&DC facility were exposed to broken bones, lacerations, and mild transient loss of function when a broken bearing and shaft were left exposed.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Citation at 9.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Respondent claims that the Secretary did not establish that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">DPRC ever operated without the guard in place. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. 13-14.) The Court agrees with Respondent.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The Secretary has failed to establish non-compliance with the cited standard.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As noted above, it is undisputed that the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was in operation at the Portland Plant on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">May 14, 2022, through May 18, 2022, until locked out by Mr. Johnson at the behest of Supervisor Pulu to conduct repairs to a roller and bearing.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">JSS ¶ 26.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">What is in dispute is whether<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the DPRC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">operated without the guard in place</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>during that timeframe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 1910.212(a)(1). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The evidence in the record related to this fact is sparse.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In fact, the Secretary cites<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">only<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pictures taken during CO Davis’s inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and Mr. Kratochvil and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s testimonies that the inspection picture</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“capture the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">condition</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the [DPRC] that they witnessed days ea</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rlier on May 14</span><span style="font-size:12pt; position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[.]” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Sec’y Br. 28-29.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> This evidence does not establish that the DRPC operated without the guard in place; the evidence establish</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">es only that the guard was not in place during OSHA’s inspection and when Mr. Kratochvil and Mr. Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">saw it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>after Mr. Kratochvil removed it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">from</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>lockout</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As noted above, the DPRC does not run during Tour 2, and so Mr. Kratochvil and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">redacted]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">both Tour 2 employees</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">did not testify that they saw the DPRC run without the guard in place.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary claims that Mr. Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">saw the unaffixed guard on the ground as well.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Sec’y Br. 27</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">citing Tr. 499.) Mr. Johnson</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, however,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">actually testifying</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>about when he saw the guard on the ground after OSHA’s inspection:</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Q. And specifically from May 17 to May 18 up until the date -- up until the time you put your lock on, did you ever observe the guard shown on this photo on the ground by the DPRC number 2?</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A. There was the one<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">incident</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and I don't remember if it was the day that OSHA showed up or if it was the day the --<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>next day, I don't recall.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">But they actually had it locked out and they had torn<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">apart</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and they were starting to do repairs on it on that day.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Q. Okay.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">So</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>isn</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">t it true that repairs were commenced after OSHA showed up on May 18th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">?</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A. I mean, I guess at some point there would have to be repairs and either that cover was off that day or it was taken off the next day and relocked out to do repairs.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(emphasis added). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Instead,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified that when he inspected the DPR</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on May 17,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the DPRC operated<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">normally,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and all the guards were in place.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 511.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This testimony corroborates<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">only<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">other probative evidence on this issue. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Moline</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified that they never saw any guards out of place when they looked at the DPRC on May 17 and May 18.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">837,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">897, 957.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr. Pulu also testified that the DPRC ran during his tour (Tour 3) with no incident on the dates in question. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 827, 865-866.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The Secretary claims that Supervisor Bennett should have seen the violative condition when he walked to the DPRC on May 17. (Sec’y Br. 28.) Supervisor Bennett, however,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified that he did not go to see the DPRC that day. (Tr. 806-808.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Item 2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is VACATED.</span></p>
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						</span>Citation 1, Item</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1, Citation 2, Item 1, and Citation 2, Item 2<span>
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						</span>ORDERED.</span></p>
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							<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Denver, Colorado</span></p>
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							<p style="widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Christopher D. Helms</span></p>
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					<a name="ftn1" href="#ftnref1"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">1 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>By Order dated March 7, 2023, the Citation was amended such that the alleged violation description for Citation 2, Item 1 was updated.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Order Granting Secretary of Labor’s Notice of Motion and Motion for Leave to Amend Citation 1, Item 1 of the Complaint; Declaration of Luis A. Garcia in Support Thereof (Mar. 7, 2023).</p>
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					<a name="ftn2" href="#ftnref2"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">2 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Initially, Citation 2, Item 2 involved two instances, Instance A and Instance B. However, the parties settled Instance A on March 14, 2023, and that matter was severed and terminated from the current case. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Order Terminating Proceedings (No. 23-0183, Mar. 23, 2023), Order of Severance (Nos. 22-0742 & 23-0183, Mar. 15, 2023), and Amended Joint Notification of Partial Settlement (No. 23-0183, Mar. 14, 2023). Thus, only the following items are at issue in this matter: Citation 1, Item 1; Citation 2, Item 1; and Citation 2, Item 2 Instance B. </p>
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					<a name="ftn3" href="#ftnref3"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">3 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The specific duty hours vary within these tour hour ranges. (Sec’y Br. 2 n.2.)</p>
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					<a name="ftn4" href="#ftnref4"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">4 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>It is unknown on this record just how many different machines are in Respondent’s 850,000 square-feet worksite. </p>
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					</span>The Court will refer to a specific piece of machinery using the acronym/term found in the record. While most of the machines are referred to using an acronym, many of the acronyms are not consistently or fully explained within the record. </p>
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					<a name="ftn6" href="#ftnref6"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">6 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Tasks such as vacuuming seem to be considered<span><span></span>
					</span>lower-level<span><span></span>
					</span>tasks. (Tr. 335).</p>
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					<a name="ftn7" href="#ftnref7"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">7 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent also designates as “other employees” “all other employees whose work operations<span>
					</span>are, or<span><span></span>
					</span>may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized.” (Ex. C-23 at 969.) Respondent requires the “other employees” to be trained like “affected employees.” (Ex. C-23 at 969.)<span>
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					</span>The record seems to suggest that both “authorized employees” and “affected employees” regularly participate in a group lockout in the Portland worksite. (Tr. 240-241, 919-920.) </p>
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					</span>It is noted that none of these officials was presented as a witness at the hearing except for Mr.<span>
					</span>Chiniewicz. It is further noted that Mr.<span>
					</span>Chiniewicz<span><span></span>
					</span>was asked no questions regarding his experience during this opening conference.</p>
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					</span>CO Davis had also visited the facility on May 5, 2022,<span><span></span>
					</span>regarding the NEC Canceler, which was the subject of Instance A of Citation 2, Item 2. As noted above, Instance A of Citation 2, Item 2 was settled by the parties and is no longer at issue.</p>
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					</span>Section 657(f)(1) of the Act states the following in pertinent part:<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">Any such notice shall be reduced to writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the employees or representative of employees, and a copy shall be provided the employer or his agent no later than at the time of inspection, except that, upon the request of the person giving such notice, his name and the names of individual employees referred to therein shall not appear in such copy or on any record published, released, or made available pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">29 U.S.C. § 657(f)(1). Similarly, 29 C.F.R. § 1903.11(a) provides in pertinent part:<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">Any employee or representative of employees who believe that a violation of the Act exists in any workplace where such employee is employed may request an inspection of such workplace by giving notice of the alleged violation to the Area Director or to a Compliance Safety and Health Officer. Any such notice shall be reduced to writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the employee or representative of employees. A copy shall be provided the employer or his agent by the Area Director or Compliance Safety and Health Officer no later than at the time of inspection, except that, upon the request of the person giving such notice, his name and the names of individual employees referred to therein shall not appear in such copy or on any record published, released, or made available by the Department of Labor.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">§</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; ">1903.11(a).</span></p>
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					</span>This argument was rejected for various reasons in the Order as part of the denial of the Motion to Dismiss. The reasoning and legal conclusions in that Order are hereby incorporated by reference.</p>
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					<a name="ftn13" href="#ftnref13"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">13 </span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>As noted in the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">March 20,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">2023</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">Order, n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">either party has addressed whether Respondent, a public agency, has any reasonable expectation of privacy and thus whether it is afforded protections as a “person” under the Fourth Amendment. The Court has been unable to locate case law on this issue, but other courts have not raised such concerns when addressing related issues involving another public agency. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">See, e.g.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Nat’l</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Eng’g & Contracting Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Admin., U.S.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Dep’t</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of Lab.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">928 F.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">2d 762</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">, 765 (6th Cir. 1991) (finding Army Corp of Engineers “could validly consent to OSHA’s inspection” in the context of being “the contractor of a multi-employer construction site.”).</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; "> As neither party raises the issue, the Court has not found contrary law, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">the end result</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is the same per this Decision, the Court does not address this issue.</span></p>
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						</span>This new claim is adjudicated herein, but Respondent’s previous claim within its Motion to Dismiss is hereby deemed abandoned. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#3D3D3D; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">L&L Painting Co.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1986, 1989 n.5 (No. 05-0055, 2012) (item not addressed in post-hearing briefs deemed abandoned);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#3D3D3D; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Midwest Masonry Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1540, 1543 n.5 (No. 00-0322, 2001) (argument not raised in post-hearing briefs deemed abandoned).</span></p>
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					</span>The Commission has held that where it is highly probable that a case will be appealed to a particular circuit, it generally has applied the precedent of that circuit in deciding the case— even though it may differ from the Commission’s precedent.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Kerns Bros. Tree Serv.</span>, 18 BNA OSHC 2064, 2067 (No. 96-1719, 2000).</p>
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					</span>In response to being asked about whether he spoke with Mr. King about the DPRC on May 17, Mr. Kratochvil testified that Mr. King approached him and told him that “they cut his lock and removed it” from the DPRC. (Tr. 277.) As Respondent points out, this statement is inconsistent with the stipulated facts that establish that Mr. King applied the first lock on May 17, and that lock was not cut off until tour 3 by Mr. Pulu after the end of both shifts of Mr. Kratochvil and Mr. King. (Resp’t<span><span></span>
					</span>Br. at 6.) The Court therefore assigns no weight to this statement.</p>
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					</span>There are no telephone numbers in the record.</p>
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					</span>This testimony – that Mr. Johnson saw Mr. Pulu remove Mr. King’s tag – is inconsistent with the record evidence that Mr. King’s second lock was not accompanied by a tag. (Ex. Tr. 414-415; Ex. C-47 at 5.) </p>
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					</span>Mr. King testified that the DPRC is “probably 45, 50 feet” from the “ESS 3 and 4” in the AFCS area, which is where he was stationed on May 14, 2022. (Tr. 379.)</p>
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					</span>Definitions in this section include:</p>
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						</span>A person who locks out or tags out machines or equipment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">in order to</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>perform servicing or maintenance on that machine or equipment. An affected employee becomes an authorized employee when that employee's duties include performing servicing or maintenance covered under this section.</span></p>
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						</span>An employee whose job requires him/her to operate or use a machine or equipment on which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">servicing</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or maintenance is being performed under lockout or tagout, or whose job requires him/her to work in an area in which such servicing or maintenance is being performed.</span></p>
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						</span>Workplace activities such as constructing, installing, setting up, adjusting, inspecting, modifying, and maintaining and/or servicing machines or equipment. These activities include lubrication, cleaning or unjamming of machines or equipment and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">making adjustments</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or tool changes, where the employee may be exposed to the<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">unexpected</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>energization or startup of the equipment or release of hazardous energy.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">(“Definitions applicable to this section”).</span></p>
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