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							<p class="style_Default style_Default ">KEENAN, HOPKINS, SUDER<span>
								</span>AND STOWELL<span><span></span>
								</span>CONTRACTORS, INC., dba<span><span></span>
								</span>KHS&S CONTRACTORS,</p>
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							<p style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OSHRC Docket No. 18-1091</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">FINAL ORDER<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The parties<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">have submitted a Joint Notification of Full Settlement<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pursuant to Commission Rule 100, 29 C.F.R. § 2200.100,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">informing th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Commission that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">they</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>have resolved all<span>
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						</span>in this case. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Having<span>
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						</span>the abse</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e of any object</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ion</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to the agreement</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>served on the authorized representative of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">affected employee</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>pur</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">uant to Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>R</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ul</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">7(f), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.7(f),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">since<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the parties<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">have agreed to terminate the proceeding before the Commission,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the case is hereby DISMISSED.<span>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">I.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Procedural History</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(the “Act”). Respondent, Keenan, Hopkins,<span>
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						</span>and Stowell Contractors, Inc. (“KHS&S”), is a carpentry and drywall contractor. (Tr. 220, 307, 406). KHS&S was performing work on a construction site for an outlet mall called the Denver Premium Outlets (“DPO”), located at 13801 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado, 80023. (Tr. 399).<span>
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						</span>the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) Denver, Colorado Area Office received a report of the accident. </span></p>
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						</span>to conduct an inspection. (Tr. 397-99). As a result of the inspection, OSHA issued a two-item<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(the “Citation”)</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>to Respondent alleging three serious violations of the Act and proposing a total penalty of $14,136. The Citation was issued on June 6, 2018. Respondent timely contested the Citation, bringing the matter before the Commission.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">program enabling recognition of, and appropriate protective procedures for, fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. (Citation at 9).</span></p>
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						</span>Garcia; (4) CSHO Brian<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Pursuant to Commission Rule 90, after hearing and carefully considering all the evidence and the arguments of counsel, the Court issues this Decision and Order as its findings of fact and conclusions of law. As discussed further below, the Court finds Respondent violated Citation 1, Item 1 and Citation 1, Item 2a. The Court also finds, however, Complainant failed to establish a violation of Citation 1, Item 2b, because he failed to establish the exposed employee was not provided adequate training. Accordingly, the Citation is AFFIRMED in part and VACATED in part.<span>
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						</span>The Court assesses a penalty of $7,068 for Citation 1, Item<span>
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						</span>and a penalty of $4,712 for Citation 1, Item 2a, for a total penalty of $11,780.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">II.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Stipulations</span></p>
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						</span>stipulations (“Joint Stipulation Statement”) prior to the beginning of trial. The Joint Stipulation Statement was introduced into the record as Joint Exhibit No. 1 (hereinafter “Ex. J-1”). (Tr. 13). In lieu of reproducing the stipulations in their entirety, the Court will make references to the Joint Stipulation<span>
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						</span>as necessary.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">III.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>Ex. J-1, ¶3). The Court also finds Respondent is an employer engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of sections 3(3) and 3(5) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 652(5).<span>
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						</span>v. OSHRC, 425 F.3d 861, 866–67 (10th Cir. 2005).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Ex. J-1, ¶ 3); (Tr. 8). </span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">In March of 2018, Respondent was a subcontractor working under general contractor Whiting-Turner to provide framing and drywall services at the DPO construction worksite. (Ex. J-1, ¶ 4). On March 2, 2018, Respondent’s employees had largely finished their work on framing towers for Building 1 of the DPO and were preparing to start work on framing a tower for Building 2.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">1</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 103-04, 574-75, 630). Before Respondent began work on Building 2, Whiting-Turner held a “roof hatch coordination” meeting on March 2, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. (Tr. 408-09, 634-36; Ex. C-4). This meeting was attended by, among others, representatives from Whiting-Turner; a representative from another subcontractor, Complete Contracting (“Complete”); and Respondent’s foreman, Morgan Payne. (Tr. 408-09, 634-36; Ex. C-4). Among the issues discussed were the plans for Complete to cut “openings” in three buildings, Buildings 1, 2, and 3.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">2</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 636-38; Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">C-4). By the end of this meeting, Mr. Payne knew Complete planned on cutting openings on the three buildings by the end of Monday, March 3, 2018 although he did not know the exact schedule. (Tr. 637-38). Mr. Payne believed<span>
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						</span>representative would inform him when the work was finished. (Tr. 637). Between the coordination meeting and the accident, Mr. Payne never informed anyone else from KHS&S about the openings to be cut. (Tr. 415, 640-41). Mr. Payne did not contact anyone from Complete to see if any openings had been cut, nor did anyone from Complete inform Mr. Payne if any openings had been cut. (Tr. 696-97, 719-20).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On the morning of March 3, 2018, Mr. Peraza visited the tower deck of Building 2 and filled out a “pre-task plan” (“PTP”). (Tr. 44-45, 99-100). Filling out the PTP involved inspecting the worksite to identify potential safety hazards. (Tr. 44-45, 99-100). Although holes were not directly listed in the PTPs, it was something Mr. Peraza and his crew were trained to look for and, if one were to be found, the work area would be closed to workers until the hole could be covered and marked. (Tr. 45, 100).<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Already extant on the deck during Mr. Peraza’s PTP inspection of Building 2 were three pieces of plywood, two larger and one smaller, and a piece of metal decking the approximate size of the smaller piece of plywood. (Tr. 110-12, 149-50, 547-51; Ex. C-1 at 8, 9 & 11; Ex. R-13). The smaller piece of plywood had been screwed into place on the deck. (Tr. 115-17, 147). Mr. Peraza observed the pieces of plywood during his PTP inspection; however, he could not recall if he observed the piece of metal decking. (Tr. 50, 60-62, 110-14, 118). Mr. Peraza did not know who had laid the plywood on the deck, but he believed it could have been another subcontractor or a member of his own crew. (Tr. 81-82). Unbeknownst to Mr. Peraza, at some point between the coordination meeting with Mr. Payne the day before and the next day, Complete had cut an opening in the deck and covered it but had not marked it as a “hole,” as required by OSHA regulations. (Tr. 104-05, 114-15, 200, 320-21, 413, 513-15). The smaller piece of plywood was covering this hole, which opened to the concrete floor 15 feet below the deck. (Tr. 481, 649-650; Ex. C-1 at 14-15). Although the area below the deck was accessible to him, Mr. Peraza did not go below the deck to look up and see if the piece of plywood was covering a hole during his PTP inspection. (Tr. 83-84, 138-41, 426-27, 649-650; Ex. C-1 at 14-15, Ex. C-2 at 01:48-02:29).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">On the afternoon of March 3, 2018, Mr. Peraza directed two members of his crew, [Redacted] and Eusebio Ruiz, to install plywood on the deck of the tower of Building 2 so the crew could bring up scaffolding to begin framing work the following Monday. (Tr. 69, 73, 86-87). Mr.<span>
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						</span>directed them to remove the existing pieces of plywood from the deck and replace them with larger pieces, because he believed the “little pieces” constituted a tripping hazard. (Tr. 112-114). At about 2:00 p.m. on March 3, 2018, [Redacted] and Mr. Ruiz removed the screws from the smaller piece of plywood, which was covering the hole in the decking, to replace it with larger pieces of plywood. (Tr. 48, 112-113, 123-24, 630; Ex. R-13). In the process of removing the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">smaller piece of plywood, [Redacted] fell through the exposed hole in the decking to the concrete floor below.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">3</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 481; Ex. C-2 at 13:50-14:08). Mr. Peraza saw [Redacted] removing the screws from the smaller piece of wood and “grabbing” the wood to remove it, but he did not see [Redacted] fall because he was not facing that direction at the time. (Tr. 123-24). [Redacted] suffered brain injuries and was hospitalized<span>
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						</span>his fall. (Tr. 481-84, 708).</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span></p>
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						</span>and again on March 27, 2018.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref6" href="#ftn6">5</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Tr. 397-99). The CSHO met with multiple individuals to discuss the accident, including Mr. Payne and Mr. Peraza, as well as representatives from Whiting-Turner, Complete, and the employees’ union. (Tr. 399-405; Ex. C-2). Through his investigation, the CSHO learned the name of the other members of Mr. Peraza’s crew on the date of the accident: Sergio Hernandez, Daniel<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Chavarin</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, Miguel Mendoza, and Javier<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Cuaves</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. (Tr. 411-12). The CSHO also discussed training with various KHS&S employees and reviewed documents regarding training. (Tr. 488-90). Ultimately, the CSHO concluded: (1) Respondent had failed to adequately inspect the worksite; (2) Messrs. Ruiz, Hernandez, and<span>
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						</span>were working on scaffolds and operating aerial lifts without training; and (3) Mr. Ruiz was doing leading edge work without training in fall protection. (Tr. 507-11; Ex. C-27). Based on the CSHOs conclusions, Complainant issued the Citation.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 35-36). Based on his work experience, he was designated as the “competent person” by Respondent to inspect KHS&S worksites for safety issues. (Tr. 57, 102-03, 391-92, 687). Mr. Peraza had received training from Mr.<span>
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						</span>in fall protection, scaffolds, and aerial lifts. (Tr. 46-47). He had also attended daily meetings where these topics were discussed. (Tr. 106-07).</span></p>
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						</span>was the Director of Safety and Risk Control for Respondent on the day of the accident. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">(Tr. 162-63)</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. He had worked for Respondent for approximately two years and held similar positions with various firms before his position with KHS&S. (Tr. 217-19). He received training in various safety matters and has his OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certifications. (Tr. 217-19). Among other duties, Mr.<span>
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						</span>department was responsible for examining risks associated with construction work and to reduce or mitigate those risks, including developing and instituting safety training programs for employees. (Tr. 163, 220). As to training, employees at the DPO site went through Respondent’s new-hire orientation training as well as an orientation training program with the general contractor, Whiting-Turner. (Tr. 169-70, 220-21). All of Respondent’s employees are hired through a union, who also trains the employees. (Tr. 227-28). In addition to those trainings,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">members of specific crews meet for “pre-huddle” meetings to discuss site-specific safety hazards prior to the start of work each day. (Tr. 220-221, 229-30). Employees also meet for weekly toolbox topic meetings to discuss safety issues. (Tr. 221; Ex. R-9).</span></p>
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						</span>Garcia was a safety engineer for Respondent on the day of the accident. (Tr. 269). He received a bachelor’s degree in safety and health management and had worked in the construction industry for five years, four of those years with Respondent. (Tr. 269-70). Prior to working for Respondent, he worked for a general contractor for a year where he<span>
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						</span>inspecting and monitoring a single worksite with regard to safety issues. (Tr. 275-76). His duties with Respondent include inspecting, auditing, and mitigating safety issues at Respondent’s worksites, as well as training employees. (Tr. 279-80). New employees at the DPO worksite received initial processing and review of Respondent’s “Employee Safety Standards” (“ESS”) with an administrative staff member named Rosa Thompson at another worksite in Gaylord, Colorado, and then the new employees would train with Mr.<span>
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						</span>the next day at the DPO worksite. (Tr. at 301). Ms. Thompson’s “training” was just a review of the employee safety standards, which Mr.<span>
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						</span>covered in more depth at the DPO worksite. (Tr. 303-04, 345-47, 370-74). Every new employee received training from Mr.<span>
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						</span>estimated he trained around 600 employees. (Tr. 304-05). </span></p>
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						</span>conducted his training at the DPO site, both in a trailer and in the field, and he provides this training in both English and Spanish. (Tr. 341, 357). He also conducted the same training at the Gaylord site, and many of those employees later transferred to the DPO site. (Tr. 357-58). He trains the employees on the inspection, use, and maintenance of scaffolds; on fall protection; inspecting the work area for holes; and aerial lifts, including scissor and boom lifts.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">(Tr. 341-57). All employees at the DPO worksite received Respondent’s training, even if they had also received training from Whiting-Turner or from their union. (Tr. 382-84). </span></p>
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						</span>conducted walkthrough inspections of Respondent’s worksites along with the Respondent’s worksite’s foreman or superintendent. (Tr. 292). He was not at the DPO worksite on the date of the accident. (Tr. 316-19).</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">IV.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Discussion</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">A.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Respondent’s Motion to Strike</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">during the course of</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the inspection. Mr. Ruiz’s identity was protected under the government informant privilege. The context for the entry of Mr. Ruiz’s unredacted witness statement into evidence follows. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As to the hearsay objection, Complainant’s attorney argued Mr. Ruiz’s unredacted witness statement, as well as the CSHOs testimony as to what Mr. Ruiz said to him during the course of the inspection, were admissible as an employee admission under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina Construction Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1044 (No. 87-1309, 1991). (Tr. 463-64). In response, Respondent’s attorney argued under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>8 BNA OSHC 1369 (No. 76-1484, 1980), the witness statement was not admissible because in the typical situation “the ... employee himself actually is testifying not when the inspector is seeking to say what the ... employee said to him.” (Tr. 464).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court ruled on Respondent’s objection on the record. (Tr. 465-471). Noting the procedure invoked by Complainant to enter into the record Mr. Ruiz’s statements made to the CSHO during the course of inspection using<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina Construction,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> the Court cited<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for the procedure normally used by the complainant to enter statements of a government informant into the record. The Court noted, under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the normal procedure in cases where the government informant privilege has been invoked is “the government calls the government informant’s witness” for direct examination and then “provides the unredacted witness statement ...” to Respondent. (Tr. 466). Respondent is then given a recess to review the unredacted statement and decide<span>
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						</span>it wants to change their litigation strategy. (Tr. 466-67). </span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Court found Mr. Ruiz could not likely be found within a reasonable time, and it was not reasonable to believe a subpoena could secure his attendance at trial. (Tr. 471). The Court therefore found the prejudice could not be cured under the first avenue since the government informant would not be in the witness box and subject to cross examination. Therefore, the Court held the unredacted witness statement of Mr. Ruiz and what Mr. Ruiz told the CSHO<span>
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						</span>the inspection was going to be “off limits.” Therefore, the CSHO’s was prohibited from disclosing those during his testimony. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">At the end of the trial on May 15, 2019, the Court emailed counsel for both parties and asked Complainant’s attorney to bring the unredacted witness statement of Mr. Ruiz’s to trial the next day. (Tr. 563). At the start of trial on May 16, 2019, the Court then clarified its procedural rulings made the day before. (Tr. 565). The Court then re-visited its ruling on Complainant’s attorney’s request to make an offer of proof. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">). The Court found the “best offer of proof is the unredacted statement [of Mr. Ruiz]” because if he “was available and was called as a witness by either side, he would likely testify within the parameters of his unredacted statement.” (Tr. 566). The Court then marked Mr. Ruiz’s unredacted witness statement as Exhibit C-35 and modified its previous ruling to accept Mr. Ruiz’s unredacted witness statement as an offer of proof “in lieu of [Complainant’s attorney’s] attempted offer of proof” from the day prior. (Tr. 567). </span></p>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at pp. 1-2). Respondent further argues Complainant, despite his attorney asking only to brief the admissibility issue in his post-trial brief, has impermissibly cited the exhibit as substantive evidence in support of his case. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Mot. to Strike at p. 2). Respondent therefore asks the Court to strike the portions of the Secretary’s post-trial brief which cite to or otherwise reference Exhibit C-35. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Mot. to Strike at pp. 3-4).</span></p>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at p. 2). Complainant further asserts the Court can consider the contents of the exhibit in ruling on its admissibility, as it directed the parties to brief. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Compl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Opp. to<span>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at p. 2). Finally, Complainant asks the Court to simply disregard the citations to this exhibit rather than strike the portions of his brief. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Compl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Opp. to<span>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at pp. 2-3).</span></p>
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						</span>purposes. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Compl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Opp. to<span>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at p. 2) (Emphasis added).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Having so clarified the record, the Court finds no reason to modify its previous ruling concerning prejudice to Respondent were Exhibit C-35 be admitted for all purposes. Complainant claimed government informant privilege as to Mr. Ruiz throughout the course of discovery and during the first day of trial. (Tr. 462). In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the Commission was confronted with “balancing the public interest in protecting the free flow of information against the Respondent’s need to prepare their defense” where Complainant attempts to enter witness statements at trial which were previously withheld as protected by the government informant privilege.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref9" href="#ftn9">8</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1374. The Commission recognized a respondent at trial is “entitled to an opportunity for full and effective cross-examination of each witness. This includes an opportunity to test the veracity and accuracy of a witness’s testimony against prior statements by that witness on the same subject.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 1376. To balance these interests, the Commission weighed several possible procedures, and ultimately adopted a version of the “Jencks Act” approach, as articulated by the Eighth Circuit in<span>
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						</span>would circumvent the procedural protections established in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Without Mr. Ruiz present, Respondent was prejudiced because it could not “test the veracity and accuracy of [Mr. Ruiz’s] testimony against [his] prior statements” made to the CSHO by way of cross-examination. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">in some fashion without unfair surprise</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. (Emphasis added). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Cf. U.S. v. Baum</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 482 F.3d 1325 (2d Cir. 1973) (due process was denied when undisclosed witness testified at trial and defendant had insufficient notice). Complainant’s invocation of the government informant throughout this proceeding and then seeking to waive that privilege on the second day of the trial in order to introduce the contents of the unredacted statement and what Mr. Ruiz told the CSHO during the inspection through<span>
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						</span>constitutes unfair surprise and denied Respondent the right to test the veracity of Mr. Ruiz’s statement by way of cross examination.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref10" href="#ftn10">9</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Complainant mainly argues Respondent has failed to show prejudice because a redacted copy of Mr. Ruiz’s witness statement had been provided during discovery. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Compl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Post-Trial Br. at p. 31, n.16). Complainant also argues Respondent had not shown a particularized need for the unredacted witness statement and further argues it should have raised any issues concerning privilege on the unredacted witness statement during discovery. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">However, Complainant misunderstands the nature of the prejudice suffered by Respondent, which formed the basis for the Court’s ruling.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref11" href="#ftn11">10</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> While it is true Respondent bears the burden to demonstrate a particularized need for privileged statements<span>
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						</span>to trial, the Commission made clear in<span>
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						</span>the paradigm shifts when those statements, which have prior to trial been shielded from a respondent’s discovery, are attempted to be entered at trial. As the Commission stated, “different considerations come into play”, and Respondent is entitled to the procedure prescribed therein. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 8 BNA OSHC at 1376. Here the argument should center around the actions taken by Complainant at trial in relation to getting the unredacted witness statement of Mr. Ruiz into evidence – not the actions that could have been taken by Respondent in the discovery phase of this case. At this stage in the proceeding, the Court is not dealing with any pretrial motion for discovery. With no ability to test the veracity of the unredacted witness statement of Mr. Ruiz at trial, Respondent was prejudiced in its defense.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Complainant argues Mr. Ruiz’s unredacted witness statement is admissible as non-hearsay under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina Construction</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC at 1044. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Compl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Post-Trial Br. at p. 31 n.15).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Regardless of the unredacted witness statement’s admissibility under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the Court finds<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">where, as here, Complainant has asserted the government informant privilege throughout the course of litigation and the witness was not called at trial for cross-examination,<span>
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						</span>cannot then be used by Complainant to circumvent the procedural safeguards established by<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as to government informant witness statements and testimony. To adopt Complainant’s approach would essentially gut the procedural protections of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Under Complainant’s approach, he could shelter a witness from Respondent by using the government informant privilege and during trial decide not call the government informant as a witness and waive the privilege at that stage – effectively depriving Respondent a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine the witness based upon his prior statement and sworn testimony. Then after engaging in the above litigation strategy, Complainant invokes<span>
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						</span>to argue the CSHO can testify as to what Mr. Ruiz told him during the inspection even though his identity and portions of his statement had been shielded from discovery by Complainant invoking the government informant privilege. To permit Complainant to engage in these procedural gymnastics would render meaningless the protections afforded under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Johnson (Luling)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. At both stages – discovery and the trial - Respondent is prejudiced due to the lack of an opportunity to confront and cross exam the witness. As the Commission noted in<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one reason for admitting party admissions—and one indicator of their reliability—is “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the employer against whom the statement is made is expected to have access to evidence which explains or rebuts the matter asserted.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina Constr.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">15 BNA OSHC at 1047.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Where, as here, Respondent was not given an opportunity to compile such evidence,<span>
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						</span>does not dictate a different result. While Complaint could have used<span>
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						</span>to permit the CSHO to testify as to what Mr. Ruiz told him during the inspection,<span>
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						</span>cannot be used to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">override the protections afforded Respondent under<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">when the witness involved is a government protected informant. Complainant made the decision to cloak this witness as a government informant. Complainant cannot be permitted to hide a witness under the government informant privilege until the second day of trial, not present the witness for cross-examination, and then use the CSHO’s testimony to introduce the witness’s statements. Such procedure is disingenuous and would permit Complainant to hide the government informant witness and his testimony to the prejudice of any employer. The Court rejects Complainant’s argument that<span>
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						</span>allows him to do what he attempted to do at trial. The Court denies Complainant’s argument Exhibit C-35 is admissible as substantive evidence under<span>
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						</span>under these set of circumstances. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">5. What is the Appropriate Remedy </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Having found the statements were properly excluded as substantive evidence, the remaining issue is the proper remedy. Respondent asks the Court to strike all references in Complainant’s post-trial brief to Exhibit C-35 or the contents of that exhibit. Complainant asks the Court to simply disregard these portions of its brief. The Court does not find striking entire portions of Complainant’s brief to be the proper course.<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has not invoked any<span>
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						</span>as the basis for its motion. However, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) govern proceedings before the Commission in absence of a more particular rule. S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ee<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.2(b). Motions to strike “pleadings” are governed by FRCP 12(f). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). Additionally, Commission Rule 101(a) empowers the Court to “strike any pleading or document not filed in accordance with these rules.” 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a). Respondent has not alleged Complainant’s brief was not filed in accordance with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">any<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">particular rule</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, as contemplated by Commission Rule 101(a). Thus, the Court’s analysis is guided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Although the decision to strike a “pleading” under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) rests within the discretion of the trial court, the remedy is “generally disfavored.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Kaiser Aluminum, Etc. v. Avondale Shipyards</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 677 F.2d 1045, 1057 (5th Cir. 1982);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Redwood v. Dobson</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 476 F.3d 462, 471 (7th Cir. 2007) (“Motions to strike sentences or sections out of briefs waste everyone’s time.”). Indeed, in exercising its discretion, a court should only strike those pleadings which are “redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous” and prejudicial to the opposing party. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ruby v. Davis Foods, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 269 F.3d 818, 820 (7th Cir. 2001). Moreover, as a general matter, briefs are not considered “pleadings,” which are the proper subject of a motion to strike under FRCP 12(f). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Kongtcheu</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Seacaucus</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Healthcare Ctr.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2014 WL 2435999, at *3 (D.N.J 2014);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Herb Reed Enters., Inc. v. Fla. Entm’t Mgmt.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2014 WL 1305144, at *6 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">D.Nev</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. 2014);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Hrubec</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. National R.R. Passenger Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 829 F. Supp. 1502, 1506 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">N.D.Ill</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. 1993).<span>
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						</span>but also by the nature of the evidence which is the subject of Respondent’s contention. As detailed above, the Exhibit C-35 was accepted as an offer of proof. (Tr. 566-67). It was therefore provisionally accepted for the Court’s ruling on its admissibility and, thereafter, on appellate review. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See United States v. Adams</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">271 F.3d 1236, 1241 (10th Cir. 2001);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Polys v. Trans-Colorado Airlines, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 941 F.2d 1404, 1406 (10th Cir. 1991).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Thus, although the Court will not consider the contents of Exhibit C-35 in rendering<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">its decision, nor will it consider any reference to it in Complainant’s argument, Exhibit C-35 remains part of the record in the event either the Commission or a Circuit Court of Appeals disagrees with the Court’s decision on the matter. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Adams</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 271 F.3d at 1241;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Polys</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 941 F.2d at 1406;<span>
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						</span>Mot. to Strike at p. 4). The Court notes page 31 contains footnotes 15 and 16, but footnote 14 references Mr. Ruiz's statements to the CSHO. The Court will disregard it accordingly. As to the remainder of page 31, the Court will disregard the bullet point at the top of the page. The Court will consider the first sentence of the first paragraph in the main text, as it is representation of the record and does not go to the substance of Mr. Ruiz’s statements. The Court will disregard the second sentence of this paragraph in its entirety. The Court will consider the legal arguments made in footnotes 15 and 16 and has considered the citation to Exhibit C-35 only in the context of the admissibility arguments made by the parties, as addressed above.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">evidence. Thus, it will not consider Exhibit C-35 or any references in Complainant’s post-trial brief to that exhibit. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">B.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Applicable Law</span></p>
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						</span>the items in the Citation relate to standards promulgated pursuant to section 5(a)(2) of the Act. To establish a violation of a safety or health standard promulgated pursuant to section 5(a)(2) of the Act, Complainant must prove: (1) the cited standard applies; (2) the terms of the standard were violated; (3) employees were exposed to or had access to the violative condition; and (4) the employer knew or, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, could have known of the violative condition. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Atl. Battery Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 2131, 2138 (No. 90-1747, 1994).<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Hartford Roofing Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 17 BNA OSHC 1361 (No. 92-3855, 1995). “Preponderance of the evidence” has been defined as:<span>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; padding-right:20px;">C.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 2a – The Alleged Scaffold and Aerial Lift Training Violations</span></p>
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						</span>and Stowell Contractors Inc, dba KHS&S Contractors, at 13801 Grant Street, Thornton, CO: On and preceding 3/6/18, the employer did not ensure that employees who performed work while on a scaffold were trained by a person qualified in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards: Employees were directed to perform framing and sheathing work on towers upon flat steel decking roofs of buildings. Employees performed some of the tasks while standing upon Bill-Jax Sectional/Utility scaffolds. The employer did not ensure that all employees working upon the scaffolds received scaffold training. This condition exposed employees to approximate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">six[</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-]foot fall hazards.</span></p>
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						</span>and Stowell Contractors Inc, dba KHS&S Contractors, at 13801 Grant Street, Thornton, CO: On and preceding 3/27/18, the employer did not ensure that employees who performed work while on a scaffold were trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Employees were directed to install sheathing on the exterior sides of buildings. The employees performed these tasks using an aerial lift. The employer did not ensure that all employees working from the aerial lifts received scaffold training. This condition exposed employees to approximate twenty-foot fall hazards.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Applies to Both Alleged Instances of Item 2a</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ryder Transp. Servs.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 24 BNA OSHC 2061, 2064 (No. 10-0551, 2014) (concluding “that the Secretary has failed to establish that the cited general industry standard applies to the working conditions here”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">KS Energy Servs., Inc.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>22 BNA OSHC 1261, 1267 (No. 06-1416, 2008) (finding “the cited ... provision was applicable to the conditions in KS Energy's traffic control zone”),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'd</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 701 F.3d 367 (7th Cir. 2012);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Active Oil Serv., Inc.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>21 BNA OSHC 1092, 1094 (No. 00-0482, 2005) (finding “that the confined space standard applies to the cited conditions” because “the vault was a confined space”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Arcon</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>20 BNA OSHC 1760, 1763 (No. 99-1707, 2004) (“In order to establish a violation, the Secretary must show that the standards applied to the cited conditions.”)</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The parties do not dispute the standard applies as to instance (a) alleged in Citation 1, Item 2a pertaining to the “Bill-Jax Sectional/Utility Scaffolds.” However, as to instance (b), related to aerial lifts, Respondent disputes the application of the standard, arguing an aerial lift is not a “scaffold” and any training required for aerial lifts is covered by 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 16-17). Citing a Commission ALJ’s decision,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">R.G. Bigelow Elec. Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2001 WL 987459 at *5 n.12 (No. 00-1213, 2001) (ALJ), Complainant<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">argues the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>cited standard applies to “all scaffolds, including aerial lifts.” (Sec’y Br. p. 23). The Court agrees with Complainant that employees working on aerial lifts are subject to the training requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454(a).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“When determining the meaning of [a] standard, the Commission must first look to its text and structure.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">The Davey Tree Expert Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2016 WL 845440, at *1 (No. 11-2556, 2016), citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Superior Masonry Builders, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 20 BNA OSHC 1182, 1184 (No. 96-1043, 2003). If the meaning of the standard’s language is “sufficiently clear,” the inquiry ends. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Unarco</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Comm. Prods.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1499, 1502 (No. 89-1555, 1993). Based on the following, the Court finds the language of the standard clear and not ambiguous. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Section 1926.450(b) defines a “scaffold” as “any temporary elevated platform (supported or suspended) and its supporting structure (including points of anchorage), used for supporting employees or material or both.” 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(b). A “platform” is further defined as a “work surface elevated above lower levels. Platforms can be constructed using individual wood planks, fabricated planks, fabricated decks, and fabricated platforms.” 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(b). </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court finds the definition of “scaffold” includes aerial lifts, which are “elevated platforms,” i.e., “work surface[s] elevated above lower levels.” 29. C.F.R. § 1926.450(b). Because aerial lifts are “scaffolds,” the training requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454 are applicable. Aside from a plain application of the definitions of “scaffold” and “platform,” the structure of Subpart L directs the training requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454(a) apply to aerial lifts. Section 1926.450(a) states Subpart L, which includes aerial lifts under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453, “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">applies to all scaffolds used in workplaces covered by this part” and specifically exempts only “crane or derrick suspended personnel platforms.” 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(a). Moreover, the training required by 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454 includes “[a]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ny</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>other pertinent requirements of this subpart,” which in turn would include the specific requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent argues 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(a) goes on to say “[t]he criteria for aerial lifts are set out exclusively in </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">§ 1926.453.” 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(a). However, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453, although containing some safety requirements, is devoid of training requirements. Thus, if this final sentence of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(a) is read as Respondent suggests, Subpart L imposes no<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">training requirements for aerial lifts, as opposed to all other types of scaffolds. The Courts find such a reading implausible. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Avcon</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2011 WL 2280634, at *11 (Nos. 98-0755 & 98-1168, 2011) (interpreting statutory provisions to avoid “absurd results”). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Rather, the better reading of this sentence is the “criteria” referred to are the technical and operational requirements that are actually set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453, which are specific to aerial lifts, leaving the technical “criteria” for other types of scaffolds to be governed by 29 C.F.R. §§ 1926.451 and 452. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">R.G. Bigelow Elec. Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2001 WL 987459, at *5</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(reaching the same conclusion).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The regulation’s preamble and agency interpretive guidance also supports the Court’s findings.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Martin v. OSHRC (CF&I)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 499 U.S. 144, 157 (1991). “T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he preamble is the best and most authoritative statement of the Secretary's legislative intent.” <span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Phelps Dodge Corp.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> 11 BNA OSHC 1441, 1444 (No. 80-3203, 1983), </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">aff'd,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> 725 F.2d 1237, 1240 (9th Cir.1984).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Here, the Preamble to Subpart L confirms the Court’s conclusion the training requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454 apply to aerial lifts. Specifically, it states “this equipment,”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">i.e.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“elevating and rotating work platforms” which collectively are referred to as “aerial lifts,” is “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a scaffold and that it should be addressed by subpart L.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#252525; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">61 Fed. Reg. 46,026, 46,095 (Aug. 30, 1996) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1926);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also R.G. Bigelow Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2001 WL 987459, at *5 n.12.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Additionally, interpretive guidance from OSHA has read Subpart L to apply to both boom and scissor lifts, which are the types of lifts at issue here. (Tr. at 355-56, 498-501). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Union Tank Car Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1067 (No. 96-0563, 1997). A 2000 Interpretation Letter concluded because “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">scissor lifts do meet the definition of a scaffold (§1926.451), employers must comply with the other applicable provisions of Subpart L when using scissors lifts.” OSHA Interpretation Letter, Re: “Subpart ‘L’ [of Part 1926] and Appendices, Scissors Lifts” (Feb. 23, 2000). This<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Interpretation Letter further concluded a specific type of boom lift was an “aerial lift” and “the training requirements [of § 1926.454] apply to all equipment covered by Subpart L, which includes aerial lifts covered by §1926.453.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Was Violated</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:6px; text-indent:1.111cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Citation alleged Respondent violated this standard (1) by not conducting training with a qualified person, and (2) by not ensuring all employees at the DPO worksite were trained. The Court finds Complainant has proven the provided training was not conducted by a person meeting the definition of a “qualified” person in scaffolds.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:.635cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Section 1926.450(b) defines “qualified” as “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">one who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated his/her ability to solve or resolve problems related to the subject matter, the work, or the project.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s main training program was its “Employee Safety Standards” or “ESS,” which were reviewed once during new-hire processing and again during formal safety training. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">303-04, 345-47, 370-74).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> New-hire processing took place with Rosa Thompson, while formal training took place with safety engineer Christian<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Complainant correctly notes,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ms. Thompson was Respondent’s “project admin” at the time of the accident (Tr. 212) and was not a qualified person to provide the required training. (Sec’y Br. at 27, n.10). The evidence showed Ms. Thompson would review the ESS with new employees while processing their work documentation. (Tr. 301). No evidence concerning Ms. Thompson’s qualifications was adduced at trial, and the Court finds none to find she met the definition of a “qualified” person. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Thus, Respondent’s compliance with the standard turns on the qualifications of Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref13" href="#ftn13">12</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The Court finds the relevant definition requires, at a minimum, evidence of Mr.<span>
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						</span>familiarity with OSHA’s scaffolding regulations, found at either 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454 or, for the purpose of aerial lifts, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.453. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Cf. Midwest Steel, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 26 (BNA) OSHC 2177<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at *19 (No. 15-1471, 2017) (finding a qualified person for purposes of a scaffold design violation under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.451(a)(6) must demonstrate these qualifications). This evidence must be specific to the “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Bill-Jax Sectional/Utility scaffolds” referenced in instance (a) of the Citation 1, Item 2a and the boom and scissor “aerial lifts” referred to in instance (b) of the Citation 1, Item 2a. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Cf. id.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *19 (finding the same for the specific type of scaffold at issue). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Under the relevant definition, this requires evidence of either (1) “possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing” or (2) “extensive knowledge, training, and experience” of the requirements of 29 C.F.R. §§ 1926.453 & 1926.454. 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(b);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>see also Midwest Steel, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 26 BNA OSHC at *19. Although<span>
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						</span>had a “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">bachelor’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of science in safety and health management,” (Tr. at 269-70), no evidence was adduced to suggest this was a “recognized degree” for the purpose of the subject scaffolds or aerial lifts. This leaves the question of whether Mr.<span>
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						</span>demonstrated “extensive knowledge, training, and experience” of the applicable scaffolding and aerial lift regulations to deem him a qualified person in those subjects.</span></p>
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						</span>qualifications are limited to the above-mentioned degree and his “apparent knowledge and passion.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 18). The relevant definition, however, requires a showing of “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">extensive</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>knowledge, training,<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">experience.” 29 C.F.R. § 1926.450(b) (emphases added);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Midwest Steel, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 26 BNA OSHC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *19 n.25. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Mr.<span>
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						</span>demonstrated some apparent knowledge of scaffolds and aerial lifts generally. (Tr. 341-45, 354-57). However, as to specific OSHA regulations, he testified during training he referred to “just subpart M,” which relates to fall protection, not scaffolding. (Tr. 378-79). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
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						</span>Br. at 18. Moreover, Mr.<span>
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						</span>background was limited to five years of experience, and no specific evidence was adduced concerning his experience in scaffolds or aerial lifts. Finally, as to training, Mr.<span>
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						</span>briefly mentioned an “aerial lift ... train the trainer” course, but no further evidence was given as to the nature of this course.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref14" href="#ftn14">13</a></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Based on the above, there is insufficient evidence to find Mr.<span>
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						</span>was a “qualified” person for purposes of scaffold and aerial lifts training.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref15" href="#ftn15">14</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Accordingly, Complainant has demonstrated Respondent violated the cited standard.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">3.</span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Employees Were Exposed to the Hazard</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">4.</span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Respondent Had Actual Knowledge of the Violation</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“The knowledge element of the<span>
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						</span>case can be shown in one of two ways.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Eller-Ito Stevedoring</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 567 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">App'x</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at 803 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">citing<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">722 F.3d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 1307). Complainant may show that a supervisor had either actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ComTran</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">722 F.3d at 1307–08).<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">It is not necessary to show the employer knew or understood the condition was hazardous. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Phoenix Roofing, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 17 BNA OSHC at 1079-1080 (citations omitted);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Peterson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Bros. Steel Erection Co.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>16 BNA OSHC 1196, 1199 (No. 90-2304, 1999),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff’d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>26 F.3d 573 (5th Cir. 1994).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has not disputed its knowledge of Mr.<span>
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						</span>qualifications or its designation of him to conduct the requisite training. Respondent is presumed to have knowledge of Mr.<span>
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						</span>qualifications for training purposes. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Compass<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Envtl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">., Inc. v. OSHRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 663 F.3d 1164, 1168 (10th Cir. 2011) (“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[E]</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">mployer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>knowledge of the violative condition ... will almost invariably be present where the alleged violative condition is inadequate training of employees.”). In addition, Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cabrea</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Mr.<span>
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						</span>direct supervisor, testified as to his knowledge of Mr.<span>
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						</span>background and that knowledge provided Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cabrea</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>with all the information he needed to know to determine that Mr.<span>
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						</span>was not a “qualified person.” (Tr. 238-40). The Court finds Respondent had actual knowledge that Mr.<span>
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						</span>was not a “qualified person” to train under the cited standard.<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Knowledge may be imputed to the employer through its supervisory employee.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Am. Eng’g & Dev. Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 2093, 2095 (No. 10-0359, 2012) quoting<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Access Equip. Sys.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 21 BNA OSHC 1400, 1401 (No. 03-1351, 2006). It is well settled an employee who has been delegated authority over other employees, even if only temporarily,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is considered to be</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a supervisor for the purposes of imputing knowledge to an employer.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Access Equipment Systems. Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 18 BNA OSHC 1718, 1726 (No. 95-1449, 1999) (employee who was “in charge of” or “the lead person for” one or two employees who erected scaffolds “can be considered a supervisor). The Commission has long held it is the substance of the delegation of authority not the formal title of the employee having the authority.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Dover Elevator Co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 16 BNA OSHC 1281 (No. 91-862, 1993). Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Cabrea</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, as Director of Safety and Risk Control, is a high-ranking supervisor of Respondent. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 162-63, 279-80)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court finds the actual knowledge of Mr.<span>
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						</span>as to Mr.<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lack of qualifications to be a “qualified person” for the purpose of conducting the type of training required may be imputed</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref16" href="#ftn16">15</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Respondent.</span></p>
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				<span style="background-color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; padding-right:20px;">5.</span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
					</span>The Violation was Serious</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Complainant has classified the violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454(a) as serious. A violation is classified as serious under the Act if “there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result.” 29 U.S.C. § 666(k). Complainant need not show there was a substantial probability an accident would occur, only that if an accident did occur, serious physical harm could result. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Mosser Constr., Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1044, 1046 (No. 08-0631, 2010).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The requirements for scaffold training address multiple associated hazards, including electrical and fall hazards, the maximum intended load for the scaffolds, as well as the proper construction, maintenance, and use of the scaffolds. 29 C.F.R. § 1926.454(a) & (b). The Court finds lack of proper training in these subjects from someone who is qualified exposes employees to multiple workplace hazards and serious injury from the potential misuse of scaffolds and aerial lifts. The violation was properly classified as serious. Citation 1, Item 2a will be AFFIRMED as a serious citation.<span>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">D.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 2b – The Alleged Fall Protection Training Violation</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; margin-left:72px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a) Keenan, Hopkins,<span>
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						</span>and Stowell Contractors Inc, dba KHS&S Contractors, at 13801 Grant Street, Thornton, CO: On and preceding 3/6/18, the employer did not provide a training program enabling recognition of and appropriate protective procedures for fall hazards for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. Employees were directed to perform framing and sheathing work on towers upon flat steel decking roofs of buildings. The employer did not ensure that all employees working upon the roofs of the buildings received fall protection training. This condition exposed employees to approximate 15’9” fall hazards.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a)(1),</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>provides as follows: “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed<span>
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						</span>minimize these hazards.”</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Applies</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent has not contested the cited standard applies, and the record supports a finding that Respondent’s employees were exposed to fall hazards while framing towers at the DPO worksite and therefore required fall protection training. The cited standard applies.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Was Not Violated</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Under Commission precedent, the reasonably prudent employer test is, and has consistently been, used to determine whether an employer has failed to comply with the standard – that is, to assess the adequacy of the content of the instructions at issue.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">To establish non-compliance with a training standard, Complainant must show the cited employer failed to provide the instructions that a reasonably prudent employer would have given in the circumstances. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">N&N Contractors, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 2121, 2126 (No. 96-0606, 2000),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">aff’d</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 255 F.3d 122 (4th Cir. 2001), citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1013, 1019-20 (No. 87-1067, 1991);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">El Paso Crane & Rigging Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1419, 1424<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">(No. 90-1106, 1993). If the employer rebuts the allegation of the training violation “by showing that it has provided the type of training at issue, the burden shifts to the Secretary to show some deficiency in the training provided.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, quoting<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Am. Sterilizer Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1082, 1086 (No. 91-2494, 1997).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Unlike the scaffolding training standard cited in Citation 1, Item 2a, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a)(1), by its own terms, does not require a “qualified” person to provide fall protection training. Thus, any training provided to Respondent’s employees, either by Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or otherwise, is properly the focus of the Court’s analysis for this training Item. Here, Respondent’s main training consisted of the ESS. (Tr. 246-48, 345-47, 358-60, 370-74; Ex. C-15). As clarified by Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, the ESS was the list of topics discussed during Respondent’s formal training, which would typically last three-and-a-half hours. (Tr. 355). Every new employee hired by Respondent went through the ESS orientation training, regardless if they had been trained elsewhere. (Tr. 168-70, 205-07, 210, 225-27, 249-51, 291, 300-04, 369-70, 382-84, 592-94). Part of the ESS was fall protection training. (Ex. C-15). The topics included: (1) when fall protection was required, including for leading edges, holes, and scaffolds and aerial lifts; (2) controlled access zones; (3) the components of personal fall protection systems; and (4) guardrail systems. (Ex. C-15). In addition, Mr.<span>
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						</span>detailed more content of this training at trial. (Tr. 347-50). Respondent also introduced its Fall Protection Program, which was in effect at the time of the accident. (Tr. 184-86; Ex. C-6). In addition to Respondent’s own training, every employee at the DPO worksite had to go through an orientation program provided by the general contractor, Whiting-Turner. (Tr. 97-99, 168-69, 233-34, 362-69, 592-94, 668, 700;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Exs</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. C-10, 13, 14; R-2, 3, 5, 6, 7). Whiting-Turner’s program also included training in fall protection. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Exs</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. C-13 at 2; C-14 at 2). </span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">In response to Respondent’s evidence, rather than point to any perceived deficiency in the training provided to Respondent’s employees, Complainant argues there is insufficient evidence to conclude three of Respondent’s employees – Messrs.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Chavarin</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, [Redacted], and Ruiz – received the training<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">at all</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref17" href="#ftn17">16</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Sec’y Br. at 25-26). Providing no training at all would violate the express terms of the standard requiring “each employee” to receive the specified training. 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a)(1);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">see also Gen. Motors Corp.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 22 BNA OSHC 1019, 1030 (Nos. 91-2834 & 91-2950, 2007) (consolidated) (“[W]</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">ith</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>regard to training, it would be unreasonable to require that an employee be exposed to a hazard before requiring that he be trained to recognize and avoid that hazard.”). With an initial clarification, the Court, however, disagrees with Complainant’s contention. At trial, the CSHO made clear the Citation Item regarding fall protection training was only charged with respect to Mr. Ruiz. (Tr. 510-511). The CSHO’s violation worksheet, which the Court gives determinative weight, supports this. (Ex. C-27 at 8-9). The Court thus analyzes this Item only with respect to Mr. Ruiz.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The Court finds there is sufficient evidence Mr. Ruiz received the required fall protection training. Of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">particular note</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to the Court is the “New Hire Checklist,” signed and dated by Mr. Ruiz on February 21, 2018. (Ex. C-11). As several witnesses testified, after the New Hire Checklist was completed for a given employee, that employee was invariably trained by Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>using the ESS. (Tr. 168-70, 205-07, 210, 225-27, 249-51, 291, 300-04, 369-70, 382-84, 592-94). Complainant has not pointed to any persuasive evidence to suggest this protocol was not followed in the case of Mr. Ruiz. Rather, Complainant emphasizes the lack of a signed ESS from<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mr. Ruiz, like the one introduced for Mr. Hernandez. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Exs</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. C-15 and R-4). While such a document would perhaps be more conclusive on the point of Mr. Ruiz’s ESS training, the Court is nonetheless persuaded by the New Hire Checklist for Mr. Ruiz and finds it lends credible support for the conclusion that Mr. Ruiz in fact received the ESS training from Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Morris v. Travelers<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Indem</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">. Co. of Am.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 518 F.3d 755, 761-762 (10th Cir. 2008) (finding evidence of an insurance company’s routine practice together with other evidence can establish the company acted in accordance with its practice on a specific occasion); Fed. R. Evid. 406.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">In any event, the evidence also establishes Mr. Ruiz attended Whiting-Turner’s safety orientation on February 23, 2018. (Ex. C-10 at 1). This orientation also included fall protection training. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Exs</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. C-13 at 2; C-14 at 2). Complainant has raised no issues as to the adequacy of this training, and nothing requires an employer to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">actually train</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>its employees itself, only to provide a program for the required training. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(b)(1) (contemplating training provided by “another employer” can satisfy the requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a));<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">see also BSE Indus. Contractors</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 2001 WL 604904, at *4 (No. 00-2331, 2001) (ALJ).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Complainant further argues 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(b) required Respondent to keep a written certification of each employee’s fall protection training, but Respondent “did not produce any such certifications.”</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref18" href="#ftn18">17</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Compl</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. Br. at 27-28). The Citation did not charge Respondent with a violation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(b) which requires certification. While Respondent’s failure to produce the required certification may be evidence the training did not occur, the Court does not find, without more, it demonstrates a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See William<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Trahant</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">, Jr., Constr., Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">2017 WL 3399778</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, *13 (No. 15-0489, 2017) (ALJ) (finding lack of a certification together with other evidence demonstrated lack of fall protection training). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cf. Jake’s Fireworks, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 26 BNA OSHC 1738, 1750 n.10 (No. 15-0260, 2017) (ALJ) (finding that, although lack of a written certification was “strong evidence” that no hazard assessment occurred, it was not sufficient to prove a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.132(d)(1) requiring a hazard assessment to be performed).</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">E.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 1 – The Alleged Inspection by Competent Person Violation</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; margin-left:72px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and-equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; margin-left:72px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a) Keenan, Hopkins,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Suder</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and Stowell Contractors Inc, dba KHS&S Contractors, at 13801 Grant Street, Thornton, CO: On 3/3/18, the employer did not maintain a safety program which provided for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them). Employees were directed to perform framing and sheathing work on the towers upon flat steel decking roofs of buildings. The employer did not inspect the work areas to determine the presence of floor openings or other fall hazards prior to initiation of work. This condition exposed employees to approximate 15’9” fall hazards.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation at 6.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_psection-1 style_psection-1 " style="background-color:#FFFFFF; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Section 1926.20(b)(1) requires employers to “initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with [Part 1926 of the OSH Act].” Section 1926.20(b)(2), charged against Respondent here, provides “[s]uch<span><span></span>
					</span>programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.” </p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Applies</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Standard Was Violated</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Complainant argues Respondent violated the standard because “[</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">i</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">]</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">nspections</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>performed in compliance with the standard would have detected the hazard of floor holes under the circumstances presented in this case.” (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Compl</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. Br. at 13). Respondent’s main argument is as follows:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">nor</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Commission states that the standard requires inspections before work begins. If an employer fails to inspect an area before work begins, which exposes employees to a hazard, OSHA could theoretically cite the employer for exposing its employees to a hazard. If that hazard<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">was</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>electrical, OSHA could cite an electrical standard. But OSHA could only cite that employer for failing to inspect if it did not perform inspections or follow an inspection program. The hazard does not create an inspection violation. </span></p>
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						</span>Br. at 12).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent contends its inspection program, which provides for at least daily inspections by competent persons, was sufficient to comply with the standard. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 12-13). In the alternative, Respondent argues both Mr. Peraza and Mr. Payne were competent persons who had<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">inspected the worksite and their failure to recognize the existence of the hole was not tantamount to a violation of the standard because “[a]n unfortunate accident does not prove that an inspection was inadequate because the presence of a specific hazard does not, in and of itself, establish a failure to inspect.” (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 15).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent’s contention that “OSHA could only cite [an] employer for failing to inspect if it did not perform inspections or follow an inspection program” is untenable and not in accordance with Commission caselaw. In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Superior Custom Cabinet Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1019</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 94-200, 1997),</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Commission was faced with an alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2). In that case, the crew for the employer, a maker of custom cabinets, was delivering cabinets for a master bathroom to a house under construction. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">at *1. Prior to the delivery, the leadman for the crew was charged with “walking the house” to look for obstructions which could cause the delivery crew to trip or fall. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *4. Because the “ticket” for the delivery did not indicate anything was to be delivered to the second floor, the leadman failed to investigate the second floor of the house and thus failed to recognize it was not guarded by any railing or other protection. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> When the crew entered the house, they were instructed to deliver the cabinet to the master bathroom on the second floor. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. at *1. When one of the employees reached the top of the stairs, he fell off the unguarded landing. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">In determining whether the leadman’s inspection complied with 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2), the Commission looked to the “</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">totality of the evidence” around the inspection and agreed with the ALJ that “in view of his experience and the circumstances at the site it was unreasonable for [the leadman] to not check the upstairs....” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *4. The Commission also noted the following bases for its conclusion: (1) the leadman “testified that most two-story homes have a bathroom upstairs”; (2) the delivery crew “ascertained that the master bathroom was on the second floor by simply<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">asking one of the other subcontractors”; and (3) there was “testimony that the bathroom on the first floor was ‘clearly’ not the master bathroom.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The Commission thus found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">makes clear any inspection by a competent person, even if made pursuant to a “program” of “frequent and regular” inspections, must adequately identify recognizable hazards associated with the worksite or otherwise the inspection is deficient. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">DiGioia</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Bros. Excavating</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 17 BNA OSHC 1181, 1184 (No. 92–3024, 1995) (holding, under a similar inspection-by-a-competent-person regulation, where the “inspections were insufficient to identify [a] recognizable hazard” they violated the regulation)). Complainant has therefore properly focused on the adequacy of the actual inspection performed on the deck of Building 2, which failed to identify the hole through which [Redacted] fell. In this instance, the only designated “competent person” who inspected the deck the day of the accident was Mr. Peraza,</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref19" href="#ftn19">18</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and thus only the adequacy of his inspection is at issue.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref20" href="#ftn20">19</a></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The Court finds Mr. Peraza meets the definition of a “competent person,” which is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">defined by 29 C.F.R. § 1926.32(f) as “</span><span style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.”</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> Mr. Peraza had been designated as a “leadman” and a competent person by Respondent for purposes of conducting PTP inspections. (Tr. 40, 93-94, 251-52). He had worked in construction for 20 years. (Tr. 93-94). He was specifically assigned the duty of inspecting worksites and equipment prior to the start of work. (Tr. 44-45, 99-101, 629). He had been trained in identifying holes in the worksite and how to abate them. (Tr. 45-46, 96-97, 115, 324-25, 334-37; Ex. C-6; Ex. R-3). He demonstrated his knowledge regarding OSHA regulations for covering holes in the workplace. (Tr. 96-97). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">29 C.F.R. §1926.501(a)(4) (requirement for all holes to be covered); § 1926.500(b) (defining “hole” as “</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">a gap or void 2 inches (5.1 cm) or more in its least dimension, in a floor, roof, or other walking/working surface”)</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. Finally, he had the authority to close worksites to eliminate safety hazards, including if he found an open hole. (Tr. 45, 100-01). The Court therefore finds Mr. Peraza met the definition of a “competent person” for the purposes of abating the hazard presented here, i.e., the unmarked hole in the deck. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Superior Masonry Builders, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1182 at *8 (No. 96-1043, 2003) (“</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">experience alone does not qualify [a] designated employee as a ‘</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_cosearchterm style_cosearchterm " style="font-weight:normal; color:#252525; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">competent</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_cosearchterm style_cosearchterm " style="font-weight:normal; color:#252525; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">person</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">’... [he must be]  instructed about the specific hazards presented [by the worksite] ...”);</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Sw. Bell Telephone</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1097 at *2 (No. 98-1748, 2000) (competent person is one who has “t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">he authority to order the steps required to bring the physical conditions into compliance” and to “abate hazards”).<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The remaining issue, then, is whether Mr. Peraza’s inspection of the deck of the tower of Building 2 on March 3, 2018, satisfied 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2). This necessarily depends on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">the state of the deck at the time he inspected it, which is the subject of conflicting assessments. The photographs and video taken by the CSHO are not representative of the deck’s condition, because they were taken 13 days after the fact. Instead, the Court finds pages 8 and 9 of Complainant’s Exhibit 1 to be the most accurate representation of the deck’s surface on the date of the accident, including the piece of metal decking depicted on the left side of these photographs. (Ex. C-1 at 8 & 9). The CSHO’s notes on page 8 indicate this photograph was “provided by Whiting-Turner” and depicted the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">“scene 2 h[ours] after [the] accident.” (Tr. 553-54).</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref21" href="#ftn21">20</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> The photograph on page 9 contains a similar depiction, albeit without the added notes.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent does not dispute the existence of the three boards depicted in these photographs (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 13), and Respondent’s own evidence depicts these three boards in similar if not identical positions. (Ex. R-13). Respondent argues, however, “the evidence does not support that the piece of decking [on the left side of the photographs] existed before the accident.” (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 13). The Court disagrees. While Messrs. Peraza and Payne could not recall having seen the decking (Tr. 50, 699), Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>visited the worksite the date of the accident and recalled seeing the piece of metal decking depicted on the left side of this photograph upon his arrival and inspection of the deck. (Tr. 316-21). He later learned the piece of decking came from the opening of the hole through which [Redacted] fell. (Tr. 321). Other photographs of the deck only depict a portion of the deck depicted in Exhibit C-1, pages 8 and 9, and thus do not cast doubt on the accuracy of these photographs depicting it. (Ex. C-1 at 10-12; Ex. R-13). Although these photographs were taken some time after the accident, there is no evidence to suggest the piece of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">decking was moved onto the deck between the accident and the time the photographs were taken, which was approximately two hours later.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Based on the arrangement of the deck at the time he inspected it, the Court finds Mr. Peraza’s inspection failed to detect a recognizable hazard and thereby violated 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2). Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera’s</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>investigation confirmed the piece of metal decking on the left side of the deck was the piece of decking cut to make the hole, thus making them approximately the same size. (Tr. 320-21). The Court finds the existence of this piece of decking should have caused Mr. Peraza, as a competent person inspecting the worksite for hazards, to further investigate the deck, including the smaller piece of plywood covering the hole. Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>opined a person in Mr. Peraza’s position on the roof could have walked up to plywood and picked up or moved it to see if it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">was</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>covering a hole. (Tr. 321-22). Alternatively, the evidence establishes the area below the deck was readily accessible to Mr. Peraza. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">138-41, 426-27, 649-650; Ex. C-1 at 14-15, Ex. C-2 at 01:48-02:29).</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> Thus, he could have gone below the deck to look up at the area covered by the plywood to see if it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">was</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>covering a hole.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref22" href="#ftn22">21</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 507-08). Following either of these courses would have likely led to Mr. Peraza to discover the existence of the hole before exposing workers to the hazard. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Given the arrangement of the deck at the time Mr. Peraza inspected it, the “totality of the evidence ...</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in view of [Mr. Peraza’s] experience and the circumstances at the site” leads the Court to conclude Mr. Peraza’s inspection failed to detect a “recognizable hazard” consistent with his obligations under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Superior Custom Cabinet Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1019</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *4;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">DiGioia</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Bros. Excavating</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 17 BNA OSHC at 1184.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">At the very least, the Court finds the arrangement of the deck should have put Mr. Peraza on notice to further inquire as to the origin of the piece of decking and the pieces of plywood on the deck when he arrived. Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified a person in Mr. Peraza’s position should have inquired as to the origins of the piece of decking. (Tr. 321). Such an inquiry would be consistent with the approach taken by the Commission in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Superior Custom Cabinet</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, wherein the Commission relied<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">not only on the leadman’s “experience and circumstances at the site” but what information would be readily attainable to him through further inquiry. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Superior Custom Cabinet Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">18 BNA OSHC 1019 at *4</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(noting, as one factor for its decision,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">the delivery crew “ascertained that the master bathroom was on the second floor by simply asking one of the other subcontractors”</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">). </span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent argues the hole was not a “predictable” hazard because: (1) it was not properly marked by Complete; and (2) debris was common on the worksite, and there was no reason to suspect this piece of wood was covering a hole, especially because it resembled material KHS&S used itself. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 14). While it is undisputed Complete failed to properly mark the hole cover, it is also undisputed that, customarily, a hole cover would have been fastened into place in a fashion similar to the way the piece of plywood was. (Tr. at 323, 632-33;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 14). Thus, Mr. Peraza was faced with at least one indication the plywood was covering a hole. (Tr. 323). The Court notes Respondent also put forth evidence regarding pieces of wood at the DPO worksite being fastened in place to prevent them from being swept away by wind. (Tr. 115-17, 692-94). However, Mr. Peraza, being confronted with a piece of wood of unknown origin,</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref23" href="#ftn23">22</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>could<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">not have known for what purpose it was fastened without further inspection. Therefore, he should have further investigated the purpose of the fasteners on the wood during his inspection. (Tr. 321-25).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent also argues “the presence of a specific hazard does not, in and of itself, establish a failure to inspect.” (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 15). However, the relevant question is whether the inspection failed to uncover a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">recognizable<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">hazard based on the totality of the evidence concerning the worksite and what information was known or ascertainable to the person performing the inspection</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">
					</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Superior Custom Cabinet Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">18 BNA OSHC 1019 at *4;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">DiGioia</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Bros. Excavating</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 17 BNA OSHC at 1184.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">
					</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">In this instance, the Court finds the hazard was recognizable to Mr. Peraza, either by a more thorough inspection of the deck or by further inquiry into the origins of the wood on the deck when he arrived at the worksite. By failing to take either course, Mr. Peraza’s inspection failed to fulfill Respondent’s obligations under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2).</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">3.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Employees Were Exposed to the Violative Condition</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Complainant argues Respondent’s failure to properly inspect the work area exposed at least three employees – [Redacted], who actually fell through the hole, as well as Messrs. Peraza and Ruiz, who were working on the same deck – to the hazard. (Sec’y Br. at 19). Respondent has not contested Complainant’s point. Access to a hazard is sufficient to establish employee exposure. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Gilles &<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Cotting</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 3 BNA OSHC 2002 (No. 504, 1976). Access to a hazard exists “if there is a ‘reasonable predictability’ that employees ‘will be, are, or have been in’ the ‘zone of danger.’” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Kokosing Constr. Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">,</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">17 BNA OSHC 1869</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *1 (No. 92-2596, 1996)</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">. Additionally, an employee’s actual exposure to the hazard proves access and therefore exposure. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Phoenix Roofing, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 17 BNA OSHC 1076, 1079 (No. 90-2148, 1995).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Here, [Redacted] fell through the hole which Mr. Peraza’s inspection failed to discover. (Tr. at 123-24). Thus, there was exposure to the hazard. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Phoenix Roofing, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 17 BNA OSHC at 1079</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> Additionally, Mr. Ruiz, who was working with [Redacted] to remove the piece of plywood was in the “zone of danger,” having been instructed to remove the plywood along with [Redacted]. (Tr. 69). Mr. Peraza was also in the “zone of danger” as he was working on the same deck approximately 10 to 12 feet from the metal decking made from cutting open the hole. (Tr. 60). Complainant has proven exposure.</span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">4.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent Had Constructive Knowledge of the Violative Condition</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">To prove constructive knowledge, Complainant must show Respondent’s failure to discover a violative condition was due to a lack of reasonable diligence. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Ragnar Benson, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1937, 1940 (No. 97-1676, 1999). “In assessing reasonable diligence, the Commission considers several factors, including an employer’s obligations to implement adequate work rules and training programs, adequately supervise employees, anticipate hazards, and take measures to prevent violations from occurring.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">S.J. Louis Constr. of Tex.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 25 BNA OSHC 1892, 1894 (No. 12-1045, 2016). Whether an employer has exercised reasonable diligence is a question of fact that will “vary with the facts of each case.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Martin v. OSHRC</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 947 F.2d 1483, 1485 (11th Cir. 1991).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">As detailed above in concluding Mr. Peraza violated the standard, the Court finds Mr. Peraza failed to take reasonable measures while conducting his inspection to detect the hazard and, therefore, failed to exercise reasonable diligence. The remaining question is whether Mr. Peraza’s knowledge is imputable to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Under Commission precedent, Complainant can prove knowledge of a corporate employer through the knowledge, actual or constructive, of its<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">supervisory employees. <span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Dover Elevator Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1281, 1286 (No. 91-862, 1993). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The supervisory status of an employee is based on a consideration of the “indicia of authority that the employer has empowered a foreman or other employee to exercise on its behalf.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Rawson Contractors, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 20 BNA OSHC 1078 at *2 (No. 99-0018, 2003). The “key question is whether the individual in question was vested with some degree of authority over the other crew members assigned to carry out the specific job involved.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 2019 WL 4267108, at *13 (No. 17-1872, 2019) (ALJ), quoting<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Iowa Southern Utils. Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 5 BNA OSHC 1138 at *2 (No. 9295, 1977).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The evidence establishes Mr. Peraza was a supervisor for purposes of imputing knowledge to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mr. Peraza was designated by Respondent as a “leadman” and a “competent person.”</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref24" href="#ftn24">23</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> (Tr. 35-36, 56-57, 573-74, 687). In these capacities, he led a crew of six to ten other workers and had the authority to give them instructions on what tasks to perform and what equipment to use. (Tr. 40-42, 577-78). He could give verbal warnings to members of his crew and recommend suspension to Mr. Payne. (Tr. 40-41). Mr. Peraza had the responsibility to inspect worksites for hazards and the authority to close the worksite until any hazards were corrected. (Tr. 40, 45, 50-52, 99-100, 628-30). He further had the responsibility to inspect equipment and the authority to remove any malfunctioning equipment from service. (Tr. 42, 100-01). Based on these factors, the Court concludes Mr. Peraza was a supervisor for purposes of imputing his knowledge to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Rawson Contractors, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">,  20 BNA OSHC 1078 at *2 (supervisory status found for employee who could “supervise the work activities of his crew, to take all necessary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">steps to complete job assignments, and to ensure that the work was done in a safe manner”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Iowa Southern Utils. Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 5 BNA OSHC 1138 at *2 (supervisory status found for employee whose “authority included the power to order that the necessary steps be taken in order to complete properly the job”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Propellex</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1677<span>
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						</span>at *3</span><span style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 96-0265, 1999) (ability to “write up” other crewmembers and report other behavior to supervisor indicative of supervisory status).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Under Commission precedent, Mr. Peraza’s knowledge can be imputed to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Dover Elevator Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 16 BNA OSHC at 1286. However, because the inspection violation is based on Mr. Peraza’s own conduct, Tenth Circuit law</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref25" href="#ftn25">24</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>requires Complainant to also demonstrate Mr. Peraza’s conduct was foreseeable before his knowledge will be imputed to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. OSHRC</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 623 F.2d 155, 158 (10th Cir. 1980). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">This burden can be met through proof of “inadequacies in safety precautions, training of employees, or supervision.” </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; ">Capital Elec. Line Builders of Kansas, Inc. v. Marshall</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 678 F.2d 128, 130 (10th Cir. 1982)</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-weight:normal; ">.</span></p>
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						</span>enough to establish foreseeability. No PTP forms were submitted at trial, but Mr. Peraza testified the forms did not include any explicit direction to look for holes in the working surface. (Tr. 45). Mr. Peraza testified he was trained to look for holes during his PTP inspections (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">.). However, the evidence demonstrated he did not act consistently with his training in inspecting potential holes. Mr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Mancera</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>testified, per his training, Mr. Peraza should<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">have gone up to the piece of plywood and inspected it further to determine if it was covering a hole. (Tr. 321-25). However, Mr. Peraza did not. There was also ample evidence presented to suggest going under the deck to look up and see whether a board was covering a hole was both reasonable and feasible. (Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">138-41, 426-27, 649-650; Ex. C-1 at 14-15, Ex. C-2 at 01:48-02:29).</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "> However, Mr. Peraza testified he had never gone under a deck to determine what an unknown board was covering on a deck. (Tr. 83-84).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The evidence further suggests there was little oversight of Mr. Peraza’s inspections by any higher supervisor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peraza’s direct supervisor, testified he relied on Mr. Peraza and his crew to inspect worksites for safety issues. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Tr. 413-15, 503, 625-26, 686</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">). On the date in question, Mr. Payne never visited the deck on which the crew would be working, instead relying entirely on Mr. Peraza’s inspection before the crew began their work. (Tr. 413-15). He did so despite knowing the deck of Building 2 was an entirely new worksite. (Tr. 628-30). Finally, Respondent had no apparent protocol in place to warn its crews about specific dangers they might encounter on their worksites. As evidenced here, despite Mr. Payne knowing Complete intended to cut the openings in the deck of Building 2, and further knowing the schedule would overlap with Mr. Peraza’s crew’s work on the deck the next day,</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><a name="ftnref26" href="#ftn26">25</a></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>he did not relay this information to Mr. Peraza or anyone else from KHS&S before Mr. Peraza’s crew began their work. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">(Tr. 415, 640-41). This foreseeably led to Mr. Peraza conducting his PTP inspection differently than if he had known to look for a specific hazard, like the openings cut by Complete. (Tr. 86-87).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Respondent emphasizes the qualifications and experience of its employees, including Mr. Peraza. (</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Resp’t</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Br. at 15-16). However, “</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">merely having experienced employees does not relieve an employer of the obligation to train its employees and to have work rules designed to prevent OSHA violations.” </span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See Am. Wrecking Corp. & IDM<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Envtl</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">. Corp.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 2001 WL 1668964, at *9 (Nos. 96-1330 & 96-1331, 2001) (consolidated), citing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Hackney, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1806, 1811 (No. 91-2490, 1994)</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Loomis Cabinet Co</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1635, 1640 (No. 88-2012, 1992), </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">aff'd</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 20 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 1994). Indeed, Respondent does not directly address the issue of knowledge or foreseeability in its post-trial brief and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">“</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">does not refer to any evidence that it took reasonable steps to discover safety violations committed by its supervisors, or that its safety policy was consistently enforced” to rebut the above findings. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">at *11. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">The Court therefore finds Mr. Peraza’s conduct in failing to detect the hole during his inspection was foreseeable and thus his knowledge is imputed to Respondent. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">See id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">at *9-10 (finding supervisor’s conduct foreseeable where employer did not have any work rules in place “designed to prevent the violation” at issue and where there was no specific guidance given to the supervisor concerning the condition);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">L.E. Meyers Co.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1037, 1042 (No. 90-945, 1993) (adequate safety program requires monitoring of supervisors for adherence to safety rules);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Paul Betty</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 1981 WL 19281 at *4-5 (No. 76–4271, 1981) (ALJ) (finding that “minimal on-site supervision” increased the need to implement adequate safety measures). </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Cf. Deer Park Roofing, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 2010 WL 4318906, at *3 (No. 10-1135, 2010) (ALJ) (where employer had a work rule in place to prevent the violation and foreman had followed the work rule three times before the violation his misconduct was not foreseeable). The Court finds Respondent had constructive knowledge through Mr. Peraza and such knowledge may be imputed to Respondent. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">5.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">The Violation was Serious</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_ListParagraph style_ListParagraph " style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">Complainant has classified the violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.20(b)(2) as serious. A violation is classified as serious under the Act if “there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result.” 29 U.S.C. § 666(k). Complainant need not show there was a substantial probability an accident would occur, only that if an accident did occur, serious physical harm could result. </span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; ">Mosser Constr., Inc.</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-weight:normal; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1044, 1046 (No. 08-0631, 2010).</span></p>
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						</span>falling through the hole and was hospitalized for months. (Tr. 481-84, 708). The violation was properly classified as serious.<span>
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						</span>1, Item 1, will be AFFIRMED as a serious citation. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:20px;">V.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.6px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">When a citation is issued, it may include a penalty amount. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 U.S.C. § 659(a). OSHA has published a Field Operations Manual (“FOM”) to, among other things, guide its employees in determining what penalty, if any, to propose for violations. FOM at 1-1, 6-1. FOM, Directive No. CPL-02-00-150, effective April 22, 2011, available at 4 Employment Safety and Health Guide, (CCH), ¶7965, at 12,133, 12,139 (2015). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The penalty amounts proposed in a citation become advisory when an employer timely contests the matter. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Brennan v. OSHRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 487 F.2d 438, 441-42 (8th Cir. 1973);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Revoli</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr. Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1682, 1686 n. 5 (No. 00-0315, 2001). The Secretary’s proposed penalties are not accorded the same deference the Commission gives his reasonable interpretations of an ambiguous standard. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Hern Iron Works</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1619,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1621 (No. 88-1962, 1994) (rejecting Secretary's contention that his penalty proposals are entitled to “substantial weight”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Nacirema Operating Co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 1 BNA OSHC 1001, 1003 (No. 4, 1972) (declining to agree with the result or methodology the Secretary used to calculate the penalty). It is the Secretary's burden to introduce evidence bearing on the factors and explain how he arrived at the penalty he proposed. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Orion Constr. Co., Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1867, 1868 (No. 98-2014, 1999) (giving less weight to the history factor as the Secretary provided little specific information).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“Regarding penalty, the Act requires that “due consideration” be given to the employer's size, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the employer, and any prior history of violations.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Briones Util. Co.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 26 BNA OSHC 1218, 1222 (No. 10-1372, 2016) (</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">citing</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 U.S.C. § 666(j);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Capform</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1374, 1378 (No. 99-0322, 2001),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'd</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 34 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">App'x</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>152 (5th Cir. 2002) (unpublished)). </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">These factors are not necessarily accorded equal weight.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">J.A. Jones Constr.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 2201, 2216 (No. 87-2059, 1993) (</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">citation omitted)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">When applying the penalty assessment factors, the Commission need not accord each one equal weight. See e.g.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Astra Pharm. Prods., Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 10 BNA OSHC 2070, 2071 (No. 78-6247, 1982);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Orion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC at 1867 (giving less weight to the size and history factors). Rather, the Commission assigns the weight that is reasonable under the circumstances. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Eric K. Ho,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>20 BNA OSHC 1361, 1379 (No. 98-1645, 2003) (Consol.),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'd sub nom., Chao v. OSHRC</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 401 F.3d 355 (5th Cir. 2005).<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="line-height:2; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Complainant has proposed a penalty of $7,068 for Item 1 and $7,068 for Items 2a and 2b, which Complainant has grouped for the purposes of penalty. The CSHO calculated the proposed penalty employing calculation tables from the (“FOM”). (Tr. 486).</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<span style="color:#000000; padding-right:20px;">a.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Gravity<span>
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						</span>“The gravity of the violation is the ‘principal factor in a penalty determination.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Assessing gravity involves considering: (1) the number of employees exposed to the hazard; (2) the duration<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of exposure; (3) whether any precautions have been taken against injury; (4) the degree of probability that an accident would occur; and (5) the likelihood of injury. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See e.g.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Capform</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1374, 1378 (No. 99-0322, 2001),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff’d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 34 F. Appx. 152 (5th Cir. 2002) (unpublished). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ernest F. Donley’s Son, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 1 BNA OSHC 1186 (No. 43, 1973) (viewing gravity as the probability of an accident's occurrence and the extent of exposure). “A lack of injuries is not a measure for determining gravity or any other penalty factor.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Altor Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1458, 1468 (No. 99-0958, 2011),<span>
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						</span>498 F. Appx. 145 (3d Cir. 2012) (unpublished). </span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the number of employees to evaluate the merits of altering a penalty for size. The Commission has viewed the size factor as “an attempt to avoid destructive penalties” that would unjustly ruin a small business.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Intercounty Constr. Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 1 BNA OSHC 1437, 1439 (No. 919, 1973),<span>
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						</span>522 F.2d 777 (4th Cir. 1975). This concern for small businesses must be tempered with the need to achieve compliance with applicable safety standards. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Atlas Roofing Co. v. OSHRC,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>518 F.2d 990, 1001 (5th Cir.1975) (OSHA penalties are meant to “inflict pocket-book deterrence”),<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'd</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 430 U.S. 442 (1977). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent received no reduction in the penalties for its size because it employs over 250 employees. (Tr. 486; C-27 at 1, 6, & 8).</span></p>
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				<span style="color:#000000; padding-right:20px;">c.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">History<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Manganas</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Painting Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 21 BNA OSHC 2043, 2055 (No. 95-0103, 2007) (Consol.) (history includes prior uncontested citations). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">For all violations, Respondent received a 10% reduction based on its citation history. (Tr. 485-86). </span></p>
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				<span style="color:#000000; padding-right:20px;">d.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Good Faith</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Nacirema,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1 BNA OSHC at 1002. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">For all violations, the CSHO applied a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">15% good faith reduction because Respondent “had a safety and health management system in place” but there were “minor deficiencies.” (Tr. 485). </span></p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Respondent’s Motion to Strike Portion of Complainant’s Post-Trial Brief is DENIED.</span></p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 1 is AFFIRMED as SERIOUS, and a penalty of $7,068 is ASSESSED.</span></p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">3.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Citation 1, Item 2a is AFFIRMED as SERIOUS, and a penalty of $4,712 is ASSESSED.</span></p>
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					</span>It is unclear how many buildings were planned for the DPO site, although the evidence suggests as many as eight. (Tr. 686; Ex. C-4). The buildings most relevant for the issues raised in the Citation are Buildings 1, 2, and 3.<span><span></span>
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					</span>The purpose of the “openings”<span>
					</span>Complete intended to cut appears to have not been uniform. The opening ultimately cut on Building 2 was repeatedly described as a “roof access hatch,” which was flush with the deck of the tower. (Tr. 38, 79, 406, 651; Ex. C-1 at 11). There<span>
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					</span>It seems, in picking up the piece of plywood to remove it,<span>
					</span>[Redacted]’ vision was obscured by the<span>
					</span>plywood, thereby blocking his view of the exposed hole<span><span></span>
					</span>beneath it. (Ex. C-2 at 13:50-14:08).</p>
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						</span>The record indicates there was a substantial delay in responding to Respondent’s report of the accident due to a</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“transcription error” on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the report filed with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the OSHAs hotline and thereafter forwarded to the Denver Area Office</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. at 399, 512).</span></p>
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					</span>Apparently, two of the workers<span>
					</span>the CSHO<span>
					</span>wanted to interview were not available on March 16, 2018 requiring his return to the worksite. (Tr. at 450-51).</p>
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					</span>Mr. Ruiz was also implicated in the issuance of Items 2a and 2b of the Citation, as the CSHO believed he had not been trained in scaffolding, aerial lifts, or fall protection. (Tr. 509-11).</p>
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					</span>Complainant did not provide the Court what specific efforts had been taken to locate Mr. Ruiz except to state that he was unavailable. (Tr. 462).<span>
					</span></p>
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					<a name="ftn9" href="#ftnref9"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8 </span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Commission also confronted the application of the privilege in the context of pre-trial discovery. In that context, once the privilege has been asserted, the burden is on a respondent to demonstrate “</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">‘</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">special circumstances which justify withdrawing the qualified privilege from the Secretary.’” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Massman-Johnson</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">8 BNA OSHC at 1374,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">quoting Stephenson Enterprises, Inc.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2 BNA OSHC 1080 (No. 5873, 1974). The Commission also made clear, however, that if the statements are used “[d]uring the hearing itself, different considerations come into play.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 1376.</span></p>
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					</span>The Court acknowledges the unredacted statement of Mr. Ruiz – had he not been cloaked as a government informant – would generally be admissible under<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Regina Construction</span><span><span></span>
					</span>so long as the threshold requirements for introduction of Mr. Ruiz’s statements as evidence have been established. However, when Complainant decided to protect Mr. Ruiz as a government informant, the rules of engagement changed. </p>
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					<a name="ftn11" href="#ftnref11"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">10 </span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent has likewise focused some of its attention on the Commission’s decision as it relates to pre-trial discovery of witness statements, as opposed to the procedural protections afforded to respondents once the statements are introduced at trial. (</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Resp’t Post-Trial Br., pp. 20-21).</span></p>
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			<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_Heading3 style_Heading3 " style="text-align:justify; outline-width:3; " xmlns:text="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0" text:is-list-header="true"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; ">11 </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; "><span><span></span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">See Redwood</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; "><span><span></span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; ">476 F.3d at 471 (“Motions to strike sentences or sections out of briefs waste everyone's time.”);<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Custom Vehicles, Inc. v. Forest River, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:WindowText; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri Light; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; ">, 464 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 2006).</span></p>
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					</span>Although there was evidence of<span><span></span>
					</span>other trainings conducted<span><span></span>
					</span>by Whiting-Turner and the<span>
					</span>employees’<span>
					</span>union, there was no evidence adduced on the qualifications of the individuals conducting those trainings. </p>
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					<a name="ftn14" href="#ftnref14"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">13 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>In any event, merely taking a course in the subject matter would not be sufficient to deem someone “qualified” in the subject matter. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Midwest Steel, Inc.</span>,<span>
					</span>26 BNA OSHC<span>
					</span>OSHC<span>
					</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at *20 (“[T]elling the Court the course someone took without detailing the content of the course does not provide much in the way of demonstration of that person’s abilities.”).</span></p>
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					</span>The Court notes the testimony of Mr.<span>
					</span>Cabrea as to Mr. Mancera’s background and qualifications. (Tr. 238-40). Mr. Cabrea’s testimony concerning Mr. Mancera’s qualifications was conclusory,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>the Court gives it<span><span></span>
					</span>little weight.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn16" href="#ftnref16"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">15 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Case law underscores an employer’s knowledge will almost invariably be present when inadequacy of training is at issue. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Compass<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Envtl., Inc. v. OSHRC</span>, 663 F.3d at 1164. Since training is the sole responsibility of the employer and the employer would know whether or not training was adequately provided and therefore foreseeable as to the consequences of not providing training, the Tenth Circuit decision in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co.,v. OSHRC,<span>
						</span></span>623 F.2d 155 (10th Cir. 1980) does not need to be discussed for imputation of knowledge to the employer to occur in this case.<span>
					</span></p>
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					</span>Complainant<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">does</span><span><span></span>
					</span>point to perceived deficiencies<span><span></span>
					</span>in<span><span></span>
					</span>Mr. Payne’s attitude toward training, arguing he “was unaware and did not value certain training.” (Sec’y Br. at 28-29). It was undisputed, however, Respondent<span>
					</span>relied on Mr.<span>
					</span>Mancera to provide its employees training, not Mr. Payne.</p>
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					</span>29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(b) states:<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="text-indent:1.27cm; ">(b) Certification of training.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="margin-left:48px; ">(1) The employer shall verify compliance with [29 C.F.R. § 1926.503(a)] by preparing a written certification record. The written certification record shall contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer. If the employer relies on training conducted by another employer or completed prior to the effective date of this section, the certification record shall indicate the date the employer determined the prior training was adequate rather than the date of actual training.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText " style="text-indent:1.27cm; ">(2) The latest training certification shall be maintained.</p>
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					<a name="ftn19" href="#ftnref19"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">18 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Complainant argues<span><span></span>
					</span>Mr. Peraza did not inspect the deck<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">at all</span><span><span></span>
					</span>before commencing work. (Sec’y Br. at 17) (“Peraza did not inspect Building 2’s deck on March 3, 2018 – even though he worked there for two<span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>three hours before the accident.”<span><span></span>
					</span>(citing Tr. 78)). The Court<span>
					</span>rejects<span><span></span>
					</span>this view of Mr. Peraza’s testimony. Mr. Peraza testified no one from his crew was on the deck before him and he and Messrs.<span>
					</span>[Redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>and Ruiz went up<span><span></span>
					</span>to the deck<span><span></span>
					</span>together. (<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span>). This would not have precluded Mr. Peraza from inspecting the deck for hazards before commencing work, which he apparently did,<span><span></span>
					</span>given he directed Messrs.<span>
					</span>[Redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>and Ruiz to remove the small pieces of plywood to avoid what he perceived as a trip hazard. <span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 112-114).</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Mr. Peraza also testified he filled out a PTP before having Messrs. [Redacted] and Ruiz install plywood on the deck, which would necessitate some sort of inspection. (Tr. 44, 69).</span></p>
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					<a name="ftn20" href="#ftnref20"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">19 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The Court therefore rejects Respondent’s arguments focusing on any inspections made by Mr. Payne or Mr.<span>
					</span>Mancera<span><span></span>
					</span>at the DPO<span>
					</span>worksite. Mr.<span>
					</span>Payne did not inspect the deck on which Respondent’s crew<span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>working the date of the accident, even though he visited other parts of the site at Building 2.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(Tr. 413-15, 503, 686). Mr. Mancera inspected worksites at most once or twice a month<span>
					</span>and did not inspect the deck of Building 2 until after the accident. (Tr.<span>
					</span>316-19,<span>
					</span>390; Resp’t Br. at 12). </p>
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					</span>Respondent initially moved for the admission of this page including the CSHO’s note (Tr. 554), and later affirmed the admission of the page with the CSHO’s added note. (Tr. 729). Respondent has not disputed the notes’ characterization of this photograph.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn22" href="#ftnref22"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent argues “[e]ven if the wood was visible from below, the bottom of the wood did not show whether the top was correctly marked.” (Resp’t Br. at 14). While this<span>
					</span>may be true,<span><span></span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>still<span>
					</span>would have revealed the existence of the hole. (Ex. C-1 at 14<span><span></span>
					</span>&<span>
					</span>15).</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn23" href="#ftnref23"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">22 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Although Mr. Peraza<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">testified he believed the wood could have been placed there by his own crew (Tr. 81-82), this was not a reasonable belief in light of the circumstances under which he inspected the deck. Respondent had just finished its work on Building 1 and was preparing to start framing on Building 2. (Tr. 103-04, 574-75, 630). Mr. Peraza specifically testified no one from KHS&S had been on the deck of Building 2 before he,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[Redacted]</span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and Mr. Ruiz went up on the morning of March 3. (Tr. 78). Thus, there was no reason or opportunity for anyone from KHS&S to have fastened the board to the deck at the time Mr. Peraza inspected it.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn24" href="#ftnref24"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">23 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The<span>
					</span>CSHO testified, in his experience, leadmen are “non-management” and his conclusion was Mr. Peraza, as a leadman, was “an employee rather than a management person.” (Tr. 435). However, the Commission has held that “job titles are not controlling,” and it is the actual duties assigned to the employee which controls whether they are a supervisor for purposes of imputing knowledge. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Rawson Contractors, Inc.</span>,  20 BNA OSHC 1078<span><span></span>
					</span>at *2.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn25" href="#ftnref25"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">24 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>“Where it is highly probable that a Commission decision would be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission has ... applied the precedent of that circuit in deciding the case—even though it may differ from the Commission’s precedent.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Kerns Bros. Tree Serv.</span>, 18 BNA OSHC 2064, 2067 (No. 96-1719, 2000). Here, the violation occurred in Colorado, in the Tenth Circuit, and thus is most likely<span>
					</span>to be<span>
					</span>appealed there. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span>29 U.S.C. § 660(b).</p>
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					</span>Although Mr. Payne testified he did not know the exact schedule for<span>
					</span>Complete’s work, he did know Complete intended to be done with all three buildings,<span>
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					</span>1, 2, and 3, by the end of the day Monday and further knew his crew intended to prepare the deck on Saturday to begin framing work on Monday. <span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(Tr. 637-38).</span></p>
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					</span>The CSHO clarified that using the tables in the FOM he inputs the “severity” and “probability” and the FOM determines the “gravity.” (Tr. at 483).</p>
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