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									</span></span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">20</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">0528</span></p>
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							<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">BURLINGTON CAPITAL PM GROUP, INC.</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; "><span><span></span>
									</span>D/B/A POST WOODS APARTMENT HOMES,<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Before: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">SULLIVAN</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, Chairman; ATTWOOD and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">LAIHOW</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, Commissioners.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">BY THE<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">COMMISSION:</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On<span><span></span>
					</span>review is<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>August 13, 2020<span>
					</span>decision issued by<span><span></span>
					</span>Administrative Law Judge Sharon D. Calhoun<span><span></span>
					</span>denying<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>request for relief pursuant to<span>
					</span>Federal Rule of Civil Procedure<span>
					</span>60(b)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>and granting the Secretary’s<span>
					</span>motion to<span>
					</span>dismiss. For the following reasons,<span>
					</span>we reverse the judge’s decision and remand the case for further proceedings.</p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On October 21, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Burlington Capital PM Group,<span><span></span>
					</span>Inc. d/b/a Post Woods Apartment Homes a one-item serious citation<span>
					</span>alleging<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>violation of 29 C.F.R.<span>
					</span>§<span>
					</span>1910.23(b)(9)<span><span></span>
					</span>following an inspection of<span>
					</span>the company’s<span>
					</span>Post Woods<span><span></span>
					</span>apartments<span><span></span>
					</span>in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. On October 25, 2019, Burlington’s corporate office<span><span></span>
					</span>in Omaha, Nebraska received the citation. A few days later,<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>paralegal for Burlington’s in-house counsel<span>
					</span>prepared<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>notice of contest (NOC) and<span><span></span>
					</span>gave<span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>administrative assistant<span><span></span>
					</span>whose duties included<span><span></span>
					</span>preparing mail and packages for the company. The paralegal<span><span></span>
					</span>instructed the administrative assistant<span><span></span>
					</span>to send<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>NOC,<span>
					</span>which was<span>
					</span>addressed to OSHA’s<span>
					</span>Area Office in<span>
					</span>Columbus, Ohio,<span><span></span>
					</span>via UPS and bill the charges to the Post Woods account. However, according<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>report<span><span></span>
					</span>detailing<span>
					</span>Burlington’s shipments<span><span></span>
					</span>during that<span>
					</span>time period,<span>
					</span>on October 29, 2019,<span>
					</span>the administrative assistant<span>
					</span>mistakenly<span>
					</span>sent<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>NOC<span>
					</span>to Post Woods.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On<span>
					</span>November 25, 2019, OSHA received<span><span></span>
					</span>Burlington’s<span>
					</span>proof of abatement<span>
					</span>of the<span>
					</span>alleged<span><span></span>
					</span>violation<span><span></span>
					</span>and training of the employee whose injury prompted the inspection. On January 9, 2020, having<span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>received an<span><span></span>
					</span>NOC or payment<span>
					</span>of the penalty,<span>
					</span>OSHA sent a letter notifying Burlington that it was delinquent in its<span><span></span>
					</span>payment. On March 4, 2020, counsel for Burlington<span>
					</span>contacted OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>provide a copy of the NOC and the company’s internal email correspondence regarding the<span>
					</span>NOC’s<span>
					</span>preparation and<span><span></span>
					</span>mailing. After being advised that OSHA<span>
					</span>had<span>
					</span>never received the NOC,<span>
					</span>on March 13, 2020,<span>
					</span>Burlington filed a motion to submit a late<span>
					</span>NOC<span>
					</span>that included<span>
					</span>the original<span>
					</span>NOC, which was<span><span></span>
					</span>dated<span>
					</span>October 28, 2019,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span>
					</span>affidavit from<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>paralegal<span>
					</span>explaining the circumstances<span>
					</span>surrounding<span>
					</span>the NOC’s<span><span></span>
					</span>drafting and<span>
					</span>submission. At the<span>
					</span>request<span><span></span>
					</span>of the judge, the company’s<span><span></span>
					</span>motion was followed by the filing of a supplemental request for Rule 60(b)(1) relief<span><span></span>
					</span>that included<span><span></span>
					</span>an affidavit from the administrative assistant explaining that<span>
					</span>she “inadvertently shipped the [NOC] to Post Woods . . . instead of [OSHA’s Area Office] as addressed on the envelope.” <span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Under Rule 60(b)(1), the Commission may<span>
					</span>grant<span><span></span>
					</span>relief from a final order due to a party’s “mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.”<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">2</a></span> Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1).<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also</span><span><span></span>
					</span>29 U.S.C. § 661(g) (Commission proceedings shall be in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure unless the Commission has adopted a different rule). In evaluating a claim of excusable neglect under Rule 60(b)(1), the Commission applies the framework set out in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">P’ship</span>, 507 U.S. 380, 395 (1993):</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; ">[T]he determination is at bottom an equitable one, taking account of all relevant circumstances surrounding the party's omission. These include<span><span></span>
					</span>. . .<span>
					</span>the danger of prejudice to the<span>
					</span>[opposing party], the length of the delay and its potential impact on judicial proceedings, the reason for the delay, including whether it was within the reasonable control of the movant, and whether the movant acted in good faith.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp</span>., 18 BNA OSHC 1948 (No. 97-0851, 1999). In addition, to prevail on a motion for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1), the moving party<span>
					</span>must<span><span></span>
					</span>allege a meritorious defense. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span><span></span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>1951. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">In<span><span></span>
					</span>response to Burlington’s<span>
					</span>initial<span><span></span>
					</span>motion,<span>
					</span>the Secretary filed a<span><span></span>
					</span>motion to dismiss,<span><span></span>
					</span>arguing, among other things, that Burlington<span><span></span>
					</span>failed to prove it exercised sufficient diligence to<span>
					</span>warrant relief and did<span><span></span>
					</span>not articulate a defense to the citation. In<span>
					</span>response,<span>
					</span>Burlington<span>
					</span>admitted<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>its<span>
					</span>mailing<span>
					</span>error, seemingly within its control,<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>the reason for<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>delay<span><span></span>
					</span>in<span>
					</span>filing,<span>
					</span>but<span>
					</span>argued<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>this factor<span><span></span>
					</span>should not<span>
					</span>alone outweigh<span>
					</span>other relevant factors, such as the fact that Burlington acted in good faith, there<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>no prejudice to the Secretary or interests<span>
					</span>of efficient judicial administration, and the delay was attributable to a single instance of unforeseen human error. The judge<span><span></span>
					</span>rejected Burlington’s argument and<span>
					</span>concluded<span>
					</span>that because the delay was within<span>
					</span>its<span>
					</span>control and<span>
					</span>the company lacked<span><span></span>
					</span>procedures<span><span></span>
					</span>to prevent such an error or confirm that items were<span>
					</span>sent<span><span></span>
					</span>to the correct address, Burlington was not entitled to relief.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">3</a></span>
				</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>As the judge noted,<span>
					</span>the Secretary does not assert that<span>
					</span>he<span><span></span>
					</span>is prejudiced by the<span>
					</span>late filing,<span><span></span>
					</span>the delay does not adversely impact the Commission’s proceedings,<span><span></span>
					</span>the record does<span>
					</span>not demonstrate that<span>
					</span>Burlington acted in bad faith,<span><span></span>
					</span>and Burlington<span><span></span>
					</span>has<span><span></span>
					</span>alleged a meritorious defense. Although<span><span></span>
					</span>its<span>
					</span>late filing<span><span></span>
					</span>was due to an error<span><span></span>
					</span>attributable to a<span>
					</span>Burlington employee,<span>
					</span>the Commission has distinguished between cases<span>
					</span>in which<span>
					</span>an employer’s<span>
					</span>deficient procedures lead to a delay in filing<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>those<span>
					</span>in which<span>
					</span>there<span>
					</span>is<span>
					</span>an unforeseeable<span><span></span>
					</span>misunderstanding or<span>
					</span>miscommunication<span><span></span>
					</span>that results in a delay despite the company’s otherwise sufficient procedures. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Compare<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Villa</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Marina Yacht Harbor, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span>19 BNA OSHC 2185, 2187 (No. 01-0830, 2003) (denying<span>
					</span>relief when<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>company messenger mishandled mail<span><span></span>
					</span>leading company to calculate incorrect due date for NOC),<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">and</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Louisiana-Pacific Corp</span>., 13 BNA OSHC 2020,<span>
					</span>2021<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 86-1266, 1989) (denying<span><span></span>
					</span>relief based on employer’s explanation that citation got “lost in the shuffle during a change in management”<span>
					</span>as<span>
					</span>employers<span>
					</span>are expected<span>
					</span>to “maintain orderly procedures for handling important documents”),<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">with P & A Constr. Co.</span>, 10 BNA OSHC 1185, 1186 (No. 80-3848, 1981) (granting<span>
					</span>relief where employer’s attorney dictated<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>to his secretary before traveling out of town and<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>assured when he called that it had been timely mailed,<span>
					</span>but due to an inadvertent technical mistake by his secretary,<span><span></span>
					</span>the NOC was not sent),<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">and</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp</span>., 18 BNA OSHC at 1951-52<span><span></span>
					</span>(granting<span><span></span>
					</span>relief because<span>
					</span>delay<span><span></span>
					</span>was due to miscommunication between<span>
					</span>employer’s<span><span></span>
					</span>president and its attorney,<span><span></span>
					</span>“not due fundamentally . . . to deficient procedures . . . for handling important documents”). </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Here,<span><span></span>
					</span>the late filing falls into this latter category. Burlington’s failure to timely file its<span>
					</span>NOC<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>due to<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span>
					</span>understandable<span><span></span>
					</span>mistake<span><span></span>
					</span>by the<span>
					</span>administrative<span><span></span>
					</span>assistant<span><span></span>
					</span>in mailing the document<span>
					</span>to the<span><span></span>
					</span>inspected<span><span></span>
					</span>worksite<span>
					</span>instead of the<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHA<span>
					</span>Area<span>
					</span>Office. This<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>an unforeseen<span>
					</span>error by<span><span></span>
					</span>the administrative assistant, not the result of<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>deficient procedure.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>In fact,<span>
					</span>Burlington’s<span><span></span>
					</span>receipt of the citation and<span>
					</span>prompt preparation of the NOC<span>
					</span>in response<span>
					</span>demonstrates<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>its<span><span></span>
					</span>procedures for handling OSHA citations<span><span></span>
					</span>were<span><span></span>
					</span>orderly. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">P</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">& A Constr.</span>, 10 BNA OSHC<span><span></span>
					</span>at 1186;<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">N</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">orthwest</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Conduit</span>, 18 BNA OSHC<span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>1951-52. </p>
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			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Accordingly, we<span>
					</span>reverse the judge’s decision denying Burlington’s<span>
					</span>request<span>
					</span>for relief under Rule 60(b)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>and remand the case to the judge for further proceedings.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; ">SO<span><span></span>
					</span>ORDERED.</p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; text-indent:1.27cm; ">1120 20<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Street, N.W., Ninth Floor</p>
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								</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">20-0528</span></p>
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								</span>Inc.,</p>
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				<p style="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; ">This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on a Request for Relief Under Rule 60(b) filed by Respondent Burlington Capital PM Group, Inc. d/b/a Post Woods Apartment Homes (Burlington) and docketed by the Commission on April 7, 2020, regarding a Citation and Notification of Penalty issued on October 21, 2019, to which the<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor (Secretary) filed a Motion to Dismiss and Opposition. By Order issued July 29, 2020, the Court denied Burlington’s Motion for Rule 60(b) Relief and Granted the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss. The Court’s July 29, 2020, Order is incorporated herein and sets forth the basis for this Decision and Order. (Attached)</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW</span></p>
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						</span>herein, incorporating the Court’s July 29, 2020 Order,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>constitutes the Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law in accordance with Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Therefore, for the reasons<span>
					</span>incorporated<span><span></span>
					</span>herein,<span>
					</span>Burlington’s request for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">HEREBY</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">T</span>he Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss is<span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>HEREBY GRANTED.<span>
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				<p style="margin-left:240px; text-indent:-6.35cm; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Dated: </span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">August 13</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">, 2020</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><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; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Administrative Law Judge, OSHR</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; text-indent:1.27cm; ">1120 20<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
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							<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; margin-bottom:0cm; ">OSHRC Docket No.:<span>
								</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">20-0528</span></p>
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							<p class="style_Default style_Default ">Burlington Capital PM Group,<span><span></span>
								</span>Inc., </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; ">ORDER<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">GRANTING THE SECRETARY’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENYING BURLINGTON’S M</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">OTION FOR RULE 60</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">b</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">)</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>RELIEF</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on a Request for Relief Under Rule 60(b)<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">4</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>filed by Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>Burlington Capital PM Group, Inc. d/b/a Post Woods Apartment Homes (Burlington) and<span><span></span>
					</span>docketed by the Commission<span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>April 7, 2020,<span><span></span>
					</span>regarding a Citation and Notification of Penalty issued on<span><span></span>
					</span>October 21, 2019. Burlington<span><span></span>
					</span>asserts, as excusable neglect,<span>
					</span>its good faith as the basis it<span>
					</span>should be relieved from the<span>
					</span>final<span>
					</span>order. T<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">he Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor (Secretary) filed a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Motion to Dismiss and an Opposition to Respondent’s Motion to Submit Late Notice of Contest on the basis that both the Notice of Contest (NOC) and the Motion are untimely.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Pursuant to the Court’s Order, on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">June 26</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington fi</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">led a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Supplemental Request for Rule 60(b) Relief and Response to Motion to Dismiss,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">further explaining its delay in filing and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">asserting a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">meritorious defense.</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 set forth below,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington</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>
						</span>request for r</span>elief pursuant to Rule 60(b) is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span>.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><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; ">This matter arose out of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">inspection of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington’s j</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">obsite located at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">540 Post Woods Drive, Reynoldsburg, Ohio<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">August 16, 2019. The inspection was initiated due to notification that an employee had fallen 12 feet 3 inches to the ground from a ladder.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">As a result of<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; ">safety inspection, on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">October 21, 2019</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>OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">issued to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">a Citation and Notification of Penalty alleging<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">serious violation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">standard</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>found at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">§ 19</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">10</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">23(b)(9) for failing to ensure the ladder was inspected prior to use. OSHA proposed a penalty<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">of $</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">11,934</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.00</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; ">for the alleged violation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Citation was<span><span></span>
					</span>mailed to<span>
					</span>Burlington<span>
					</span>by<span>
					</span>Certified<span>
					</span>Mail<span>
					</span>Return Receipt.<span>
					</span>The Return<span>
					</span>Receipt shows<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>Citation<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>delivered to<span>
					</span>Burlington<span>
					</span>and signed for<span>
					</span>as received<span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>October 25, 2019.<span>
					</span>(Opposition,<span>
					</span>Exh. 1 (Wilson Declaration,<span>
					</span>Exh. B)).<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span>
					</span>Citation provides<span><span></span>
					</span>Burlington had 15 working days from the date of receipt to contest.<span>
					</span>Based on the<span>
					</span>October 25, 2019, delivery date excluding weekends and Federal holidays, the 15-day contest period expired on<span>
					</span>November 18, 2019. OSHA did not<span>
					</span>receive<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>within the contest period.<span>
					</span>Therefore, the<span><span></span>
					</span>Citation<span><span></span>
					</span>became a<span>
					</span>final<span>
					</span>order of the Commission under § 10(a) of the Act<span><span></span>
					</span>on November 19, 2019.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">contends it is entitled to relief from the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">f</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">inal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">o</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">rder</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>based on good faith as excusable neglect, asserting its NOC was erroneously addressed to one of its properties rather than to OSHA. Burlington admits its error but argues “the missed deadline was attributable to a single instance of unforeseen human error.” Further, Burlington contends the Commission has not cited another instance where it missed a filing deadline<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">(</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Supplemental Response</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, p.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">5</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. In support of its position, Burlington relies on the analysis set forth by the Third Circuit in<span>
						</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)<span><span></span>
					</span>where the Third Circuit rejected the Commission’s placing more weight on the control factor at the expense of the other equitable factors.<span>
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				<p style="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-align:center; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Legal Standards</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, an employer is required to notify the Secretary of its intent to contest a citation within 15 working days of receipt.<span>
					</span>Failure to timely file a<span>
					</span>NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>results in the citation becoming a final order of the Commission by operation of law. Burlington’s contest was filed with the Commission on<span>
					</span>April 6, 2020 and docketed by the Executive Secretary of the Commission on April 7, 2020, approximately 4 1⁄2 months after the<span>
					</span>final contest date.<span>
					</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).<span>
					</span>A late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered<span>
					</span>as a result of<span><span></span>
					</span>“mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” A late filing also may be excused under Rule 60(b)(3)<span><span></span>
					</span>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<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>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; ">B.J. Hughes</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>., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1476 (No. 76-2165, 1979);<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>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</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span>, 9 BNA OSHC at 2117.<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><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">In determining whether the late filing of a<span>
					</span>NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>may be found to be due to “excusable neglect” under Rule 60(b)(1), the equitable analysis enunciated by the Supreme Court in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</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; ">Inv. Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>507 U.S. 380 (1993)<span>
						</span></span>is applicable.<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=506&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=2004560020&ReferencePosition=163"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co.</span></a><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, supra</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span>In<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span><span></span>
					</span>the Court held that “excusable neglect” is determined based upon equitable considerations that take into account all relevant circumstances, and includes consideration of the following factors: (1) the danger of prejudice to the opposing party; (2) the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings; (3) the reason for the delay, including whether it was within the reasonable control of the party seeking relief, and (4) whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=780&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=1993072396&ReferencePosition=395"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
							</span></span>at 395;</a><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit<span>
							</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Corp.</span></a>
					<a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282">,<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
							</span>18 BNA OSHC 1948, 1951 (No. 97-851, 1999)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
							</span></span></a>“[N]either a lack of prejudice to the Secretary nor good faith on the part of Respondent in attempting to comply with the statutory filing requirement alone will excuse a late filing.”<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=2024060162"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp.</span></a>
					, 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).<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; ">The Commission has held that whether the reason for the delay was within the control of the respondent is a “key factor” in determining the presence of “excusable neglect.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">A. S. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Calhar</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</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><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 18 BNA OSHC 2151 (No. 98-0367, 2000)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span>The Commission requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc.</span>,<span>
					</span>14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical</span>,<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>16 BNA OSHC 1763, 1765-66 (No. 92-0372-S, 1994).<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; ">This matter can be appealed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">to either the Sixth Circuit, the Eighth</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; ">Circuit</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or the D. C. Circuit.<span>
						</span></span>The Commission has held that “[w]here it is highly probable that a case will be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission 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-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Kerns Bros. Tree Serv.</span>, 18 BNA OSHC 2064, 2067 (No. 96-1719, 2000);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Interstate Brands Corp.</span>, 20 BNA OSHC 1102 at *5 n. 7 (No.00-1077, 2003) (since case could be appealed to the Third Circuit, judge properly applied that precedent even though it differed from Commission precedent).</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Neither the Eighth Circuit nor the D.C. Circuit have addressed the Commission’s analysis of Rule 60(b). The Sixth Circuit does not deviate from Commission precedent regarding Rule 60(b) and whether control of respondent is a key factor in determining the presence of excusable neglect.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; ">In order to<span><span></span>
					</span>be eligible for relief under 60(b)(1) the movant must demonstrate the following: (1) The existence of mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect. (2) That he has a meritorious defense. . .<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "> </p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; ">In applying 60(b), OSHRC is required to make a careful determination as to the presence of the two requirements reviewed in this decision.</p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span><span></span>
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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; ">Marshall v. Monroe & Sons, Inc</span>. 615 F.2d 1156, 1160, 1162 (Sixth Cir. 1980) (citations omitted). Therefore, the Commission precedent controls regarding the three circuits to which Burlington could appeal. In this case, the Commission is not bound by the Third Circuit’s decision in<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=506&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=2004560020&ReferencePosition=163"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co.</span></a><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, supra</span>.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; margin-left:-48px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Analysis</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; ">It is the Secretary’s burden to establish service of the citation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Burlington<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">does not dispute<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 was served</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. And although it attempted to send a contest to OSHA, Burlington<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">does<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">dispute it did not contest</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Citation within the requisite time</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">-</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">period.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Upon notification the contest had not been received, Burlington on April 6, 2020, filed i</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ts<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">NOC,</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; ">which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">docketed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">by Commission on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">April 7, 2020</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, well after the final contest due date. Therefore, by operation of law,<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 must be deemed a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">f</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">inal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">o</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">rder of the Commission, unless<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Burlington c</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">an demonstrate it is entitled to relief</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">To show it is entitled to relief,<span>
					</span>Burlington submitted the Affidavit of Mary Copeland, Administrative Assistant in Burlington’s Supportive Services Department stating that she inadvertently shipped the [NOC contained in an envelope addressed to OSHA] to Post Woods Apartment Homes instead of to [OSHA]; and the Shipment Detail Report reflecting the NOC had been shipped by UPS to Post Woods Apartment Homes on October 29, 2019 (Supplement,<span>
					</span>Exhs. 1, A). Burlington requests that the inadvertent shipping error be excused based on its good faith.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">Although there is no indication in the record that Burlington did not act in good faith, the Court is bound by Commission precedent regarding this matter.<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">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<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">neglect and<span>
						</span></span>requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">A. S. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Calhar</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</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><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 18 BNA OSHC 2151 (No. 98-0367, 2000)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">;</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; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc.</span>,<span>
					</span>14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical</span>,<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>16 BNA OSHC 1763, 1765-66 (No. 92-0372-S, 1994).</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">The Court is persuaded that due to human error Burlington’s contest was shipped to the<span>
					</span>wrong address on October 29, 2019. However, Mary Copeland’s affidavit and the Shipment Detail show the contest was shipped to Burlington’s Post Woods Apartment Homes property at 1700<span>
					</span>Farnam<span><span></span>
					</span>Street, Omaha, NE 68102, by UPS ground. UPS confirmed a receiver address that was not OSHA’s but would not reveal the receiver’s address (Secretary’s Motion pp. 3-4,<span>
					</span>Exh, 2). The pleadings before the Court are silent on what happened to the contest after it was shipped. Andria Bell’s affidavit filed with the Motion to file Late Notice of Contest provides “We are unsure where the letter ended up and it has not been returned to us.” (Bell Affidavit, March 9, 2020). However, Mary Copelands’s affidavit and the Shipment detail filed afterwards confirm the contest letter was shipped UPS to a Burlington property. There is no indication that it was returned to Burlington’s<span>
					</span>Supportive Services Department. The Court finds the delay was caused by the contest being shipped to the wrong address. The record does not demonstrate any procedures in place to prevent such an error, or to confirm that items were shipped to the correct address. The delay was within Burlington’s control.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Where timely response was within the employer’s reasonable control, the Commission has denied</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">relief even to petitions filed only one or two days late, </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. Villa Marina Yacht Harbor, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 2185, 2186-87 (2003) (one day late); </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Sec’y of Labor v. A.W. Ross, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1147, 1148-49 (2000) (11 days late). The Commission “has consistently denied relief” under Rule 60(b)(1) “to employers whose procedures for handling documents were to blame for untimely filings.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. NYNEX</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1944, 1946-47 (1999) (citation omitted).</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 724 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">App'x</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7, 9 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished). Here, the NOC was 4 1⁄2 months late, and the delay was entirely to blame on Burlington’s mail-handling procedure</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. H</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">owever, as shown above, control is not the only factor the Court must consider. The Court must also consider t</span>he danger of prejudice to the opposing party; the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings; and whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Danger of Prejudice</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">does not a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ssert it would be prejudiced because of the nearly<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">4 1⁄2 month<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">delay</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Therefore, the Court finds the Secretary is not prejudiced by the late filing.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">L</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">ength of Delay and Impact on Proceedings</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Secretary does not address the impact of the 4 1⁄2 month delay on his case. The Court determines the delay does not have a detrimental impact on the Commission’s proceedings in this matter and therefore would not adversely impact the proceedings.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Good Faith</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">The record does not demonstrate any bad faith on the part of Burlington. Therefore, the<span><span></span>
					</span>Court finds<span>
					</span>Burlington acted in good faith.<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">The Court has considered the factors required by<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer.<span>
						</span></span>Despite the lack of prejudice to the Secretary, a delay which would not adversely affect the Commission proceedings, and Burlington’s good faith, those factors are outweighed Burlington’s<span>
					</span>control regarding timely filing of the NOC. Burlington was in control of its mail handling procedures which resulted in the NOC not being timely filed.<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Meritorious Defense</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In addition to the factors set forth in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">an employer also must establish the presence of a meritorious defense for Rule 60(b)(1) relief.</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; ">Northwest Conduit Corp</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">A meritorious defense is one that is valid at law with respect to the underlying action</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Park Nursing Center, Inc., v. Samuels,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">766 F.2d 261, 264 (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. 1985)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The presence of a meritorious defense is “satisfied with minimal allegations that the employer could prove a defense if given the opportunity.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Jackson Assoc. of Nassau</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1261, 1267 (No. 91-0438, 1993)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Burlington<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">alleges<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">a lack of knowledge and unpreventable employee misconduct as defenses to the</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Citation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Therefore, the C</span>ourt finds<span>
					</span>Burlington<span>
					</span>has alleged a meritorious defense.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Having considered all factors enunciated in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span>relief from the Final Order in this matter is<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span><span></span>
					</span>warranted.<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">T</span>herefore, for the reasons set forth herein,<span>
					</span>Burlington’s request for relief<span>
					</span>pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">HEREBY</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>D</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">ENIED.<span>
						</span></span>Accordingly, the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss is<span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>HEREBY GRANTED.</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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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<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">f</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">inal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">o</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">rder regarding<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; ">remains undisturbed.<span>
						</span></span><span><span></span>
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						</span>ORDERED.</span></p>
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						</span>address.</span></p>
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						</span>Rule 60(b)(1) provides in full that “[o]n motion and just terms, the court may relieve a party or</span></p>
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						</span>Burlington claims that<span>
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						</span>split in the<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Court</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s of<span>
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						</span>on this issue and<span>
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						</span>Circuit decision finding that an employer’s “reasonable control” of the delay of a filing is not necessarily fatal to a request for Rule 60(b) relief. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 371 F.3d 156 (3d Cir. 2004).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>is not<span>
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						</span>relevant circuit here for the purpose</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of an appeal as the worksite<span>
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						</span>(located in the<span>
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						</span>Circuit) and Burlington’s<span>
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						</span>(located in the<span>
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						</span>Circuit). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">where worksite is located or employer is headquartered; employer may also appeal to D.C.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Circuit);<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">highly probable that a Commission decision would be appealed to a particular circuit, the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission has</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> . . . </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">applied the precedent of that circuit in deciding the case—even though it may</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">differ from the Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s precedent.”) (citation omitted)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Eighth Circuit has not ruled on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">whether the Commission has authority to grant relief under Rule 60(b) following an untimely<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">NOC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, while the Sixth Circuit has affirmed the Commission’s authority to do so and does not deviate from Commission precedent. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Marshall v. Monroe & Sons</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 615 F.2d 1156 (6th Cir.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">1980)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">. The D.C. Circuit has not specifically affirmed the Commission’s authority to grant Rule 60(b)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">relief, but</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has relied on Commission precedent in “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">assum</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">[ing]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Rule 60(b)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s applicability to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> . . . </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">proceedings<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">[when]<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">neither party contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">[ed]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">” and affirming the Commission’s denial of Rule 60(b) relief. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">y of Labor,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>724 F. App</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">x 7, 8 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">affirming</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Commission’s decision to deny relief to employer for failing to timely file<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">an</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">NOC because it provided incorrect address to OSHA for mailing of citation as it comported with Commission precedent and law of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">the c</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">ircuit). Thus, Commission precedent applies in this case. See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Am. Eng’g</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>& Dev. Corp.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>23 BNA</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHC 2093, 209</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>n.4 (No. 10-0359, 2012) (Commission “follow[s] [its] own precedent” where</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">the circuit court “has neither decided nor directly addressed [an] issue”) (quoting<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">McDevitt Street</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Bovis, Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 19 BNA OSHC 1108, 1110-12 (No. 97-1918, 2000)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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					</span>By Order issued June 26, 2020, the Court construed Burlington’s Late Notice of Contest as a Request for Relief Under Rule 60(b).</p>
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