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				<p style="text-align:center; ">United States of America</p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "> OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; ">1924 Building - Room 2R90, 100 Alabama Street, S.W.</p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; ">Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104</p>
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							<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Secretary of Labor</span><span style="text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> Complainant,</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">                        v.</span></p>
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							<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> OSHRC Docket<span>
									</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">No.<span>
									</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">1</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">7-0743</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary Builders,</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">           Respondent.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:13.333px; margin-bottom:0px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Appearances:  </span></p>
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				<p style="text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">Karen Mock</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Solicitor, Atlanta, Georgia</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">For the Secretary</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">Adele L. Abrams, Esquire, Law Office of Adele L. Abrams, PC</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">, Beltsville, Maryland</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For the Respondent</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">BEFORE:</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Administrative Law Judge Heather A. Joys</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DECISION AND ORDER</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Revie</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">w Commission pursuant to §<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">- 678</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. (</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Act), to determine whether relie</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">f should be granted pursuant to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (Rule 60(b)). Harvey-Cleary Builders (Harvey-Cleary) seeks relief from the Final Order issued against it as a result of its failure to contest the Citation and Notification of Penalty within the prescribed time period. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Secretary seeks dismissal on the grounds Harvey-Cleary failed to file a timely notice of contest.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">For the reasons that follow, I find Harvey-Cleary<span>
						</span></span>is not entitled to relief pursuant to Rule 60(b) and<span>
					</span>DENY Harvey-Cleary’s Motion to Reopen and<span>
					</span>GRANT the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss. </p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">BACKGROUND</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The material facts are not in dispute. On February 14, 2</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">01</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">7, Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) Tonipre Feghabo of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">(OSHA) Atlanta East Area Office conducted an inspection of a construction worksite in Doraville, Georgia. Harvey-Cleary was the general contractor on the construction worksite. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">CSHO Feghabo initiated the inspection by speaking with Alan Essig, superintendent for Harvey-Cleary. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">S</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">HO Feghabo presented Essig with a blank “Company Information Sheet” to complete. The form asked for information about the company, including address information. Specifically, the form had blanks titled “Main Office Address” and “Site Address.” Essig completed both sections and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">signed the form. Under “Main Office Address” Essig wro</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">te “6710A Rockledge Drive, Ste. 430, Bethesda, MD 20817.”</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Following the inspection, the Secretary issued Harvey-Cleary a citation alleging a single other than serious violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(f)(5)(i). The Secretary mailed the citation to “Harvey-Cleary Builders” at the main office address<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">in Maryland<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">provided by Essig during the inspection. The Secretary sent the citation via certified mail. Harvey-Cleary received the citation at the Maryland office and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">was signed for by a representative of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">company</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">March 13, 2017.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> A project assistant for Harvey-Cleary in the Maryland office sent the citation back to the superintendent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">(presumably Essig)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">at the worksite. It was not until the time period for contesting the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">citation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>had run that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">came to the attention of Harvey-Cleary’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">corporate</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>safety director.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary’s corporate headquarters are located in Houston, Texas. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The company has crews based in other states. The crew working at the Doraville construction project<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">was</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>based at the company’s Maryland office to which the citations were mailed. Neither the Secretary nor Harvey-Cleary provide</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">d</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">explanation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>how the citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ultimately came to the atten</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">tion of the corporate safety director</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, Scott Oliver,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">at the corporate headquarters.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Based upon the March 13, 2017, receipt date, the last day for Harvey-Cleary to contest the citation was April 3, 2017. Harvey-Cleary did not file a notice of contest by that date and the citation became a final order of the Commission by operation of law on April 4, 2017. Oliver became aware of the citation on April 7, 2017, and called the Atlanta East Area Office. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Oliver and the Area Office Assistant Director (AAD) met the following Monday, April 10, 2017. The AAD informed Oliver the citation had become a final order and could not be amended by the Secretary. On April 19, 2017, Harvey-Cleary filed its<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Motion to Reopen</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>with the Commission. That motion was received by the Commission on May 2, 2017, and docketed that same day. On June 23, 2017, the Secretary filed his response to the motion and a motion to dismiss. On June 30, 2017, Harvey-Cleary filed a response to the Secretary’s motion to dismiss.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">2</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> The matter is now ripe for resolution.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DISCUSSION</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, an employer is required to notify the Secretary of its intent to contest (notice of contest) a citation within 15 working days of receipt of the citation. Failure to timely file a notice of contest results in the citation becoming a final order of the Commission by operation of law. The record in this case reveals<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did not file a notice of contest within the requisite 15-working day period set out in the Act.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; ">Sufficiency of Service</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The parties dispute whether service of the citation on Harvey-Cleary’s Maryland office constituted proper service under the Act. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Although it refer</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the penalty, the Commission has consistently held §<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">10(a) of the Act governs service of citations. </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes, Inc</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 7 BNA OSHC 1471,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">1474</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>n. 6 (No. 76-2165, 1979). </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">It requires the Secretary to “</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">notify</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the employer by certified</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>m</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ail of the penalty...</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">” It provides no more specificity. In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Commission addressed the Secretary’s obligation under § 10(a)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, holding,</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The test to be applied in determining whether service is proper is whether the service is reasonably calculated to provide an employer with knowledge of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">citation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and notification of</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">proposed penalty and an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">opportunity</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to determine whether to abate or contest.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">7 BNA OSHC at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">1474.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> Applying this test, the Commission held service on an employee in charge of a local worksite</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>valid</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In so holding, the Commission reasoned<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">A company that maintains multiple worksites necessarily invests the persons in charge of those worksites with a certain degree of discretion and authority to conduct the company’s business. As with other aspects of its business, it is reasonable to expect such an employer to implement internal procedures for dealing with OSHA citations.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at 1475.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">I find the Secretary’s service of the citation on Harvey-Cleary’s Maryland office address meets the test set out in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The test is one of reasonableness. Harvey-Cleary’s representative onsite provided the Maryland address as the company’s “Main Office Address.” It was reasonable for CSHO Feghabo to conclude sending the citation to the location provided as the company’s main office would result in its delivery to the appropriate person within Harvey-Cleary’s corporate hierarchy.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary provided no evidence the Secretary failed to follow his own, or any other required, procedures when determining where to serve the citations. Harvey-Cleary simply argues the Secretary did not do enough. It posits the Secretary has an additional obligation to inquire where the company wanted the citations mailed or to conduct an internet search for the company’s corporate headquarters.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">3</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> The Commission has not held the Secretary to such a standard. “[T]he Secretary’s representative should not have to spend time ferreting out the complexities of a corporate hierarchy, but should be able to rely instead upon the ability of individuals at a local worksite to direct the citation to the appropriate officials.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">1474.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In support of its contention the Secretary had an obligation to serve the citation on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the company’s</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>corporate headquarters,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary relies on the Third Circuit</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">’</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley & Co., v. Secretary of Labo</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">r, 507 F.2d 78 (3</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">rd</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 1975), and the Sixth<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Circuit’s</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>City Excavating v. Donovan</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 679 F.2d 105 (6</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 1982). In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Third Circuit interpreted § 10(a) of the Act to require the Secretary to serve notice on “an official having the authority to disburse funds to abate the violation, pay the penalty, or contest the citation or penalty notification”</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 507 F.2d at 81. In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Sixth Circuit, following<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, held service on a worksite was not sufficient because “notification to a corporate employer must be sent to corporate headquarters unless the employer has directed that it be sent to a different address.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 679 F.2d at 110 n.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">4. In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Commission</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>explicitly rejected the Third Circuit’s holding in</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">4</a></span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Commission is bound to follow an appellate court’s decision only within the circuit in which the case arose.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Kenny Niles d/b/a Kenny Niles Construction and Trucking Co</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 17 BNA 1940, 1941 n.2 (No. 94-1406, 1997);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2001930654&pubNum=0003227&originatingDoc=Iec901b43fa3811d9bf60c1d57ebc853e&refType=CA&fi=co_pp_sp_3227_1473&originationContext=document&vr=3.0&rs=cblt1.0&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_3227_1473"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">North Landing Line Constr. Co.</span>, 19 BNA OSHC 1465, 1473 n. 8</a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 96-0721, 2001) (“Where it is highly probable that a Commission decision would be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission has generally applied that circuit’s precedent in deciding a case, even though it may differ from the Commission’s precedent”)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Under § 11(a) and (b) of the Act, this matter is not appealable to either the Third or the Sixth Circuit</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I am bound by the Commission precedent in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In the instant case, CSHO Feghabo</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>relied on Essig, Harvey-Cleary’s employee in charge of the worksite, to provide information on where to send the citation. This was reasonable under the circumstances. The Secretary properly served the citations on Harvey-Cleary.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; ">Rule 60(b) Relief</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">An employer who has filed an untimely notice of contest may be granted relief under Rule 60(b) in certain circumstances.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span>, 371 F.3d 156 (3d Cir. 2004). A late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered as a result of “mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” A late filing also may be excused under Rule 60(b)(3), if the late filing was caused by the Secretary’s “deception or failure to follow proper procedures.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Branciforte Builders</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc.</span>, 9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2116-17 (No. 80-1920, 1981);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Keppel’s Inc.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>7 BNA OSHC 1442, 1443-44 (No. 77-3020, 1979). <span><span></span>
					</span>In addition, a late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(6), for any other reason that justifies relief, such as when “absence, illness, or a similar disability prevent[s] a party from acting to protect its interests.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte Builders</span>, 9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2116-17 (No. 80-1920, 1981).<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The moving party has the burden of proving it is entitled to relief under Rule 60(b).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Harvey-Cleary seeks relief under Rule 60(b)(1), arguing its failure to timely file its notice of contest was the result of excusable neglect. The determination of excusable neglect pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) is an equitable one, taking into account of all relevant circumstances surrounding Respondent’s failure to file a timely notice of contest, including the danger of prejudice to the Secretary, the length of delay and its potential impact on the judicial proceedings, the reason for the delay and whether Respondent acted in good faith. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer Investment Servs. v. Brunswick Assoc.,<span>
						</span></span>507 U.S. 380, 395 (1993);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Secretary of Labor v. Craig Mechanical, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span>16 BNA OSHC 1763 (No. 92-0372, 1994);<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Merritt Electric Company,<span>
						</span></span>9 BNA OSHC 2088 (No. 77-3772, 1981);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Henry C. Beck Co.,<span>
						</span></span>8 BNA OSHC 1395 (No. 11864, 1980). However, neither a lack of prejudice to the Secretary nor good faith on the part of Respondent in attempting to comply with the statutory filing requirement alone will excuse a late filing.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Fitchburg Foundry Inc.,<span>
						</span></span>7 BNA OSHC 1516 (Nos.77-520 & 76-1073, 1979). The Commission has held that whether the reason for the delay was within the control of the Respondent is a “key factor” in determining the presence of “excusable neglect.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>A. W. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span>19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000).</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Where, as here, a party is partly to blame for the delayed filing, the party’s neglect must be excusable. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Pioneer Investment Serv.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">507 U.S. at 393</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">. </span>The Commission requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1991434415"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span class="IDHVJGJUYXTLXKPQW3GI3CMWUCGJO4NCDI4PR1YFCNB0ZMTST2FNL"><span><span></span>
								</span>14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991)</span></span></a>;<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical,<span>
						</span></span>16 BNA OSHC at 1763. Based upon the record as a whole, I find the delayed filing was within the control of<span>
					</span>Harvey-Cleary<span><span></span>
					</span>and could have been avoided if<span>
					</span>Harvey-Cleary<span>
					</span>had exercised reasonable diligence<span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Upon receipt of the citation, an unnamed project assistant in Harvey-Cleary’s Maryland “satellite” office emailed the citation to the project manager, presumably Essig. Despite having the Maryland office address on the citation, Harvey-Cleary contends the project manager “did not realize that the original citation had not been sent to the corporate office by OSHA or the project assistant. (</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Exh. A ¶ 8 to Respondent’s Motion to Reopen, Affidavit of Kevin Rogge). As a result, it did not come to the attention of Oliver until the time to contest had passed. Harvey- Cleary provided no explanation why no one in the Maryland office forwarded the citation to the corporate headquarters or<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">to<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Oliver.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>In the absence of any such explanation or evidence, I conclude the project assistant<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">and Essig were<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">simply negligent.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary contends it had<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">procedures</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">place</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for the handling of OSHA citations. Employees at worksite</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>are to request the citations be sent to the corporate office in Houston, Texas, where they are forwarded to the corporate safety director. (Exh. A ¶ 6 to Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Reopen, Affi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">davit of Kevin Rogge). Essig did not follow this procedure. Harvey-Cleary provides no explanation for Essig’s failure to follow this “policy and practice</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">” suggesting the fault lies with the Secretary. As previously discussed, this attempt at shifting blame is unavailing.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Even if Harvey-Cleary had procedures in place to handle citations received at the corporate headquarters, it failed to establish it had procedures for handling citations received at other offices. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Commission has long held employers are responsible for maintaining “orderly procedures for handling important business documents.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">CSX Transportation</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1916, 1919 (No. 01-0608, 2002). Harvey-Cleary has offices and worksites in multiple states. It presented no evidence it had procedures should important, time-sensitive documents be sent to offices other than the corporate headquarters. The Commission has consistently denied Rule 60(b) relief under such circumstances. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">L</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ack of prejudice</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alone cannot<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">overcome a failure to meet the jurisdictional requirements of the Act. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Harvey-Cleary’s showing of</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>only</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>simple negligence</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is insufficient to satisfy its burden to establish entitlement to relief.</span></p>
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						</span>HEREBY ORDERED</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that the<span>
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						</span>Motion to Reopen is</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>DENIED</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and the<span>
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						</span>Motion to Dismiss Respondent’s Late Notice of Contest is<span>
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						</span>that the notice of contest filed in this case is<span>
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						</span>and the Citation and Notification of Penalty is</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>AFFIRMED</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in all respects.</span></p>
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					<a name="ftn1" href="#ftnref1"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">1 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The signature and the printed name on the certified mail return receipt are illegible. Harvey-Cleary does not dispute the citation was signed for by its employee.</p>
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					<a name="ftn2" href="#ftnref2"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">2 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Harvey-Cleary takes issue with the timeliness of the Secretary’s response to its original motion. Even if I were to strike the Secretary’s response as untimely, I would still have to consider it on its merits as a motion to dismiss. Moreover, because the Commission procedural rules<span>
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					</span>not allow for filing of replies, I can only consider the arguments made in Harvey-Cleary’s June 30, 2017, submission if I consider it a response to the Secretary’s motion. In the interest of justice, I have considered all arguments made by both parties.</p>
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					</span>Harvey-Cleary contends “A simple check on the internet or business directories would have indicated that the Bethesda, Maryland office is not the corporate office of HCB.” (Respondent’s Reply at p. 6). Harvey-Cleary has provided no evidence supporting such an assertion.</p>
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					<a name="ftn4" href="#ftnref4"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">4 </span></a><span><span></span>
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					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span><span></span>
					</span>did not subscribe to this rationale we respectfully decline to follow it. The Commission gives due deference to the views of the circuits, but unless reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Commission is obligated to establish its own precedent in carrying out its adjudicatory functions under the Act.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span>, 7 BNA OSHC at<span>
					</span>1474<span>
					</span>(citations omitted).</p>
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