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							<p style="margin-top:7.667px; margin-bottom:3.467px; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">PRO-SPEC CORPORATION, dba PRO-SPEC PAINTING</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">,<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.225; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">DECISION AND<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">ORDER</span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:-.03cm; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:-.03cm; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">OF<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:-.03cm; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">DISMISS</span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:-.03cm; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; ">AL OF</span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:-.03cm; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspected three of Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">worksites</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>one in Morristown, New Jersey</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and two in Old Bridge, New Jersey. As a result</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and for each of these<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">three inspections, OSHA issued Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a C</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">itation<span>
						</span></span>and Notification of Penalty (Citation)<span>
					</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act<span>
						</span></span>of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (the OSH Act).<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span><span><span></span>
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					</span>Respondent filed a<span>
					</span>timely notice of contest for each of these<span><span></span>
					</span>three<span>
					</span>Citations,<span>
					</span>bringing these matters before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission).<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">2</a></span><span><span></span>
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					</span>The parties agree, and the record establishes,<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>the Commission has jurisdiction over this matter<span><span></span>
					</span>and Respondent is covered under the Act.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">3</a></span> (Complaints at ¶¶ 1, 2 & 3; Answers at ¶¶ 1, 2 & 3). </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="line-height:2; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">These cases have not progressed past the pre-hearing stage. Indeed,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">fully<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">cooperated with pre-hearing procedures</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>due to bankruptcy proceedings, according to Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">July 28, 2017. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">The</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>undersigned has issued several orders to keep th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">ese<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">matters</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>moving. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Order to File Answer<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Requests for Admissions Admitted (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">December 6, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">; Order Denying Respondent’s Motion and Request for an Extension of Time to Comply with the Submission of Documents and Interrogatories,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">nd Denying Respondent’s Motion for Reconsideration to Extend Time to Answer the Secretary’s First Request for Admissions<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">January 9, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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						</span>Secretary filed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">the subject motion,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Motion for Sanctions<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">ursuant to Commission Rule 52(f)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“Motion for Sanctions”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on January 5, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Respondent filed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Response to Motion for Sanctions</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on January 17, 2018 (“Respondent’s Response”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">On January 19, 2018, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Secretary filed a Reply Brief in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">O</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">pposition to Respondent’s Request to Assign These Matters to Simplified Proceedings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“Secretary’s Reply”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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						</span>As set forth below, the undersigned GRANTS the Secretary’s Motion for Sanctions. Respondent’s notice of contest for th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">e above-captioned matter<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">DISMISSED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">, each Citation is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">AFFIRMED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and each proposed penalty is<span>
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						</span>as proposed. </span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="line-height:2; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">The hearings for these matters are scheduled to commence on February 26, 2018. Discovery was to be completed in these matters by January 8, 2018. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">In his Motion for Sanctions,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">filed January 5,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">requests that these cases<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">be dismissed because Respondent has allegedly failed to comply with its discovery obligations and, as a result, Respondent’s failure has “deprived the Secretary of the opportunity to prepare for trial.” (Motion for Sanctions at 4.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Additionally, the Secretary claims that Respondent has</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>displayed willful and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">contumacious</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>conduct by (1) failing to respond to discovery, (2) failing to meet and confer with the Secretary, and (3) disregarding the December 6, 2017 Order to Compel. (Motion for Sanctions at 6.)</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="line-height:2; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s R</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">esponse,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">filed January 17,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“respectfully objects to the General Secretary’s assertion that the Respondent ‘refused’ at any time to comply with the Commission’s Orders.” (Respondent’s Response at 1.) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Respondent also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">states that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">The General Secretary and this Commission are fully aware that on July 31, 2017 Respondent filed a Petition for Bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">The Secretary and the Commission are fully aware that Respondent lacks basic financial resources to staff, respond and to participate in any meaningful way in these and other matters that are before the Review Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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						</span>(Respondent at 1-2)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(emphasis added). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent then<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">requests that this matter be “reverted” to Simplified Proceedings, or in the alternative, that “the Commission to rule in favor of Respondent’s motion to extend the maximum permissible time necessary to enable participation of the Respondent to provide evidence that a 10-foot wide doorway was installed in the Cedar Knolls Tank and that no painters ever sandblasted and that they were simply operating a machine.” (Response at 2.) Respondent further claims:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Basic facts that the Secretary is aware of may enable and encourage discussions that could lead to a settlement or hearing that might accomplish the Commission’s goal and enable the most basic level of fairness to the Respondent. The Secretary prevails by the perpetuation of the General Secretary’s lie and misrepresentations when the Commission rules in favor of the Secretary’s Motion for Sanctions which results in another one-sided hearing with no opportunity for the Respondent to present evidence.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="line-height:2; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">In his Reply, the Secretary states, correctly, that these matters had never been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">requested to be placed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">, or placed at all,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Simplified Proceed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">ings.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "> (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Reply at 2 n.1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. The Secretary then argues</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that Respondent’s request to place these matters in Simplified Proceedings is untimely, and unsuitable, according to the Commission’s Rules at 29 C.F.R. §§ 2200.201(a), 203(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(“Simplified Proceedings”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#1F1F1F; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission judges have a duty “to assure that the facts are fully elicited, to adjudicate all issues, and avoid delay.”<span>
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						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.67.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">To carry out this duty, Commission Rule 67(m), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.67(m), authorizes judges to take any action necessary (as long as it authorized by the Commission Rules).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Commission’s prehearing procedures aid in the early formulation of issues, which benefits all parties during trial preparation as well as resulting in the more efficient use of Commission resources at both the hearing and review stages.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Architectural Glass & Metal Co.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1546, 1547 (No. 00-0389, 2001)</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The imposition of appropriate sanctions is important to ensure compliance with prehearing procedures and to permit the fair and efficient adjudication of cases.<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Default judgments may be appropriate when a party fails to comply with an order compelling discovery.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.52(f) (sanctions for failing to comply with discovery requirements); 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a) (default appropriate when a party fails to proceed as provided by the Commission Rules or as required by a judge)</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">St. Lawrence Food Corp.</span>, 21<span>
					</span>BNA OSHC<span>
					</span>1467,<span>
					</span>1472 (Nos. 04-1734 & 04-1735, 2006). <span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Judges have very broad discretion to impose sanctions for noncompliance with orders or the Commission Rules.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Sealtite Corp</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 15 BNA OSHC 1130, 1134 (No. 88-1431, 1991) (affirming the sanction of dismissal).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Still, dismissal is considered too harsh a sanction for failing to comply with certain prehearing orders unless the record shows contumacious conduct by the noncomplying party, prejudice to the opposing party, or a pattern of disregard for Commission proceedings.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Architectural Glass & Metal Co.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1547 (re-instating a notice of contest when party failed to attend a single meeting when the party did not receive appropriate notice of the meeting).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Failing to comply with Commission Rules and orders so as to delay proceedings may constitute contumacious conduct.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Carson Concrete Corp. v. Sec’y of Labor,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21 BNA OSHC 1393, 168 Fed. Appx. 543 (3d Cir. 2006) (unpublished) (upholding default judgment for OSH Act violations when employer sought to disavow admission provided during discovery until a few days before trial).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary claims that Respondent violated the undersigned’s December 6, 2017 Order to Compel. Respondent denies that it “refused” to comply with this Order. The Order to Compel directed<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the following</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:15.467px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1) Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shall<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">produce all documents in its possession responsive to the Secretary's<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">First<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Request for Production of Documents in<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">such<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">manner<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">required by<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.53<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">no later than fourteen<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(14)<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">days<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">from<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the date of this Order<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for each<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">above<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">three matters;<span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(2) Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">shall<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">provide written<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">answers<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary's First Set<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of Interrogatories in<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">such<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">manner as required by<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. §<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2200.55 no later than fourteen<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(14)<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">days from the date<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">this Order<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">for<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">each of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#292929; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">above<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">three matters</span><span style="color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[.]</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:11.5pt; color:#181818; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; ">Order to Compel at 2. It is now well past 14 days of the December 6, 2017 Order to Compel. It is undisputed that Respondent has not produced all responsive documents, and has not provided written answers, to the Secretary as directed in the Order to Compel. Respondent has violated the Order to Compel.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has failed to proceed as required by Commission Rules and the Order to Compel.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.52(f)(4) (authorizing judges to issue a judgment of default when a party refuses or obstructs discovery).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Additionally,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">R</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">spondent does not dispute that the Secretary’s ability to prepare for trial has been impaired and prejudiced by its failure to respond to the Discovery Requests and comply with the Order</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Compel</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See e.g., Adriana Intern. Corp. v. Thoeren,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">913 F.2d 1406, 1412 (9th Cir. 1999) (upholding dismissal as a sanction for discovery abuses);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wanderer v. Johnston</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 910 F.2d 652, 655 (9th Cir. 1990) (upholding the sanction of default and concluding that when defendants fail to produce any evidence, “prejudice is palpable”).<span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">It is noted that Respondent elected not to be represented by counsel.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">4</a></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Not having counsel, does not obviate a party’s obligation to engage in discovery.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">All litigants, including those declining to hire counsel, must obey orders and to permit and respond to discovery as required by the Commission Rules.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See JGB LLC,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21 BNA OSHC 1402, 1403 (No. 04-2153, 2006) (vacating direction for review when unrepresented party failed to respond to a briefing notice);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Swimmer v. IRS,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">811 F.2d 1343, 1345 (9th Cir. 1987) (“Ignorance of court rules does not constitute excusable neglect, even if the litigant appears<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">pro se</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">An unrepresented employer must “exercise reasonable diligence in the legal proceedings” and “must follow the rules and file responses to a judge's orders, or suffer the consequences, which can include dismissal of the notice of contest.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wentzel d/b/a N.E.E.T. Builders</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1475, 1476 (No. 92-2696, 1993) (citations omitted).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Still, the undersigned recognizes that sometimes unrepresented employers “can fail to grasp exactly what [it] is being asked to do.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Thus, where an employer has a substantial reason for having failed to comply with a discovery order, and where the employer's conduct also does not indicate disrespect toward the judge, the failure to comply may not necessarily be an indication of bad faith or contumacious conduct.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In th</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ese</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>matter</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>however,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s failure to participate in discovery has not been a matter of innocent oversight or inadvertence.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Here, there has been no response to the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">D</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">iscovery<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">R</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">equests as set out in the Order to Compel, and Respondent admits:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary and the Commission are fully aware that Respondent lacks basic financial resources to staff, respond and to participate in any meaningful way in these and other matters that are before the Review Commission.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; "><span style="color:WindowText; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Respondent at 1-2). </span><span style="color:WindowText; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">makes no claims about not receiving or understanding any of the Discovery Requests or any of the undersigned’s prior communications and orders.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Philadelphia Constr. Equip., Inc.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1128, 1131 (No. 92-889, 1993) (affirming dismissal when the party did not deny the facts showing a pattern of disregard for Commission proceedings).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">has<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">been given several extensions of time to respond to the Discovery Requests</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This is not a situation involving less then fulsome disclosure or one where the substantive response was adequate even if there were procedural errors. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Cf. Wentzel</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC at</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1476 (re-instating a notice of contest when employer answered each interrogatory and document request briefly);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Arkansas Abatement Servs. Corp.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 17 BNA OSHC 1163 (No. 94-2210, 1995) (excusing unrepresented party’s mailings to the wrong location).</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Despite Respondent’s assertions that, due to its bankruptcy proceedings, it cannot participate in “any meaningful way in this matter or any other matters before the Commission,” the undersigned takes judicial notice of Respondent’s participation in its other Commission cases presently before the Commission: Docket Numbers 16-1747 and 17-0125.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">5</a></span>
					<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">United States v. Jones,<span>
						</span></span>29 F.3d<span><span></span>
					</span>1549,<span>
					</span>1553<span><span></span>
					</span>(11th Cir. 1994)<span><span></span>
					</span>(“[A] court may take notice of another court's order<span><span></span>
					</span>only for the limited purpose of recognizing the ‘judicial<span><span></span>
					</span>act’ that the order represents or the subject matter of the<span><span></span>
					</span>litigation.”);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. Rotches Pork Packers, Inc.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span>969 F.2d<span><span></span>
					</span>1384,<span><span></span>
					</span>1388<span><span></span>
					</span>(2d Cir. 1992)<span>
					</span>(“A court may take judicial notice of a document filed in<span><span></span>
					</span>another court ‘not for the truth of the matters asserted<span><span></span>
					</span>in the other litigation, but rather to establish the fact of<span><span></span>
					</span>such litigation and related filings.’ ”) (quoting<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Kramer</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">v. Time Warner, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span>937 F.2d 767, 774 (2d Cir.1991));<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; ">Wyatt v Terhune,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">315 F. 3d 1108, 1114 n.5 (9</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; ">th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 2003) (“Judicial notice is limited, however, to the existence and terms of the judicial record; it does not extend to the truth of statements quoted in the record, or to factual findings.”). In these other dockets, Respondent participated meaningfully enough in the pre-hearing proceedings to make it through the hearings, which were held on December 5, 2017 and which Respondent attended. Under these circumstances, the undersigned finds that Respondent is familiar with Commission procedures and the procedural requirements under which it is obligated.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">has been repeatedly informed</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in these matters</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that bank</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">up</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cy proceedings do not stay these<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">proceedings. </span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The undersigned provided explicit written warnings to Respondent informing it that the failure to appropriately and timely respond may result in Respondent being held in default and the dismissal of its Notice of Contest, the affirmance of the allegations set forth in the Complaint, and imposition of penalties.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Instead,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Respondent’s Response,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has again used the bankruptcy proceedings to</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">request Simplified Proceedings or, in the alternative, yet another extension. </span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">First of all, these requests do not address, at all, the Secretary’s claims in his Motion for Sanctions. Secondly, these requests are denied because</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, as correctly pointed out by the Secretary</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">: (1) Respondent’s request for Simplified Proceedings is untimely, (2) Respondent had the opportunity under the Commission’s rules to request Simplified Proceedings when these cases were docketed, but chose not to,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(3)</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>these cases are not suitable for Simplified Proceedings.<span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Finally, t</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he undersigned finds<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the requests in Respondent’s Response</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to be yet another stalling tactic by the Respondent, and therefore,</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>they</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">add to the pattern<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>contumacious<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">conduct</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">displayed by Respondent designed<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to stall these proceedings</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">These tactics must stop. </span>The purpose of<span><span></span>
					</span>this<span>
					</span>extreme sanction<span>
					</span>under<span>
					</span>Commission Rule 52(f)<span>
					</span>is to penalize those who warrant such punishment and to deter those who may be tempted to act similarly without such punishment. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Organik Kimya San ve Tic AS vs International Trade Commission</span>, 848 F.3d 994, 1004 (Fed. Cir. 2017)<span><span></span>
					</span>(regarding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b))<span><span></span>
					</span>citing<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Nat'l Hockey League v. Metro. Hockey Club, Inc.</span>, 427 U.S. 639, 642–43 (1976).<span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default " style="line-height:2; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he undersigned recognizes that a party has a strong interest in adjudicating its case on the merits.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See e.g., Nealey v. Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, S.A.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">662 F.2d 1275, 1280 (9th Cir. 1980).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">However, the Commission has limited resources and a “strong interest in preserving the integrity of its orders as well as deterring future misconduct.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Carson,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21 BNA OSHC at 1395-96;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Trinity Indus., Inc.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1579, 1583 (No. 88-1545, 1991) (consolidated).</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Commission adequately conveyed due notice to Respondent of its procedural rights and provided sufficient warning that its failure to comply with orders could result in the dismissal of its Notice</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of Contest and it being held in default.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s contumacious and prejudicial conduct warrants the sanction of dismissal under Commission Rule 52(f)(4), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.52(f)(4).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:WindowText; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_BodyText style_BodyText " style="line-height:2.095833333333333; margin-left:0cm; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Consequently</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">for the reasons set for</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">th<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">above,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary’s Motion is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">GRANTED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Respondent’s notice of contest for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission docket number<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">17-0153</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>DISMISSED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; width: 105;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11.5pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Default style_Default "><span style="font-weight:bold; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">For Docket Number 17-0153, arising out of OSHA inspection 1151294:</span></p>
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				<span style="color:WindowText; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Items 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d, setting forth violations of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.103 are AFFIRMED as serious violations and a penalty of $6,236 is ASSESSED.<span>
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				<span style="color:WindowText; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Item 2, setting forth a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.52(d)(1) is AFFIRMED as a serious violation, and a penalty of $6,236 is ASSESSED.<span>
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				<span style="color:WindowText; padding-right:20px;">3.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Item 3, setting forth a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1203(d) is AFFIRMED as a serious violation, and a penalty of $6,236 is ASSESSED.<span>
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				<span style="color:WindowText; padding-right:20px;">4.</span><span style="color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation 1, Item 4, setting forth a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii) is AFFIRMED as a serious violation, and a penalty of $6,236 is ASSESSED.<span>
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				<p style="widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; ">DATE:</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span><span></span>
						</span>February 15, 2018</span></p>
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				<p style="widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Washington, D.C.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span></p>
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					<a name="ftn1" href="#ftnref1"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">1 </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA Inspection No. 115194 was performed on Respondent’s worksite in Morristown, New Jersey from May 26 – December 12, 2016. OSHA issued the citation resulting from that inspection on December 12, 2016</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alleging<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">one S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">erious<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">four-sub-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">item citation and three<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">S</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">erious single</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">item citations, and proposing a total penalty of $24,944.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent filed a timely notice of contest on December 15, 2016, and this matter was docketed as Docket Number 17-0153 on January 26, 2017.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA Inspection No. 1166176 was performed on Respondent’s worksite in Old Bridge, New Jersey on July 23, 2016. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA issued the C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">itation resulting from that inspection on January 20, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alleging<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">three</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>serious single</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">-item</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, and proposing a total penalty of $11,589.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> Respondent filed a timely notice of contest on January 27, 2017, and this matter was docketed as Docket Number 17-0200 on February 2, 2017.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA Inspection No. 1165173 was performed on Respondent’s worksite in Old Bridge, New Jersey from July 27, 2016 to January 20, 2017. OSHA issued the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">itation resulting from that inspection on January 26, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alleging<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">one</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>serious<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">four-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">item citation, and proposing a total penalty of $15,936.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> Respondent filed a notice of contest for this Citation on January 27, 2017, and this matter was docketed as Docket Number 17-0201 on February 2, 2017.</span></p>
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						</span>It is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>noted that Respondent addressed a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">ll three of these docket</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>numbers<span>
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						</span>pleading on July 28, 2017. Since then,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">the undersigned has issued o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">rders<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">addressing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>all three<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">of these<span>
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						</span>numbers</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>together. </span></p>
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						</span>Each of these Citations were docketed at the Commission individually</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">per inspection. The Secretary filed individual Complaints in each of these three matters, all certifying jurisdiction in this matter. (Complaints at ¶¶ 1, 2 & 3.) After being ordered to file an Answer for each case,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">filed three individual Answers, on August 18, 2017, addressing all three Complaints for these matters. In its Answers, Respondent admits that it is an employer as defined in the OSH Act. (Answers at ¶¶ 1, 2 & 3.) </span></p>
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						</span></span>T<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">he undersigned notes that e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">mployers of limited means who hire counsel and successfully<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">contest a citation can recover attorney fees and other expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 5 U.S.C. § 504.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>29 C.F.R. § 2204.</span></p>
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						</span>In contrast to the matters at issue here, Docket Number</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>16-1747 and 17-0125 had at one time been placed temporarily on the Simplified Proceedings track.</span></p>
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