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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">Abigail G.<span>
					</span>Daquiz,<span><span></span>
					</span>Esquire</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">Department of<span>
					</span>Labor, Office of the Solicitor<span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">Seattle, Washington</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; text-indent:1.27cm; ">For the Secretary</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">David N. Deaconson,<span><span></span>
					</span>Esquire</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">Pakis,<span>
					</span>Giote, Page & Burleson, PC<span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; ">Waco, Texas</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:48px; text-indent:1.27cm; ">For Respondent</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal ">BEFORE:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="text-indent:1.27cm; ">Christopher<span><span></span>
					</span>D.<span><span></span>
					</span>Helms</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal ">            Administrative Law Judge</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">This proceeding is before the Occupational<span><span></span>
					</span>Safety<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>Health<span><span></span>
					</span>Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span><span></span>
					</span>10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 659(c) (the Act). On<span>
					</span>July 16, 2019, an employee’s hand was caught in the<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded<span><span></span>
					</span>roller of a conveyor belt<span>
					</span>on a<span>
					</span>potato truck<span><span></span>
					</span>in Lewisville,<span>
					</span>Idaho. On July 17, 2019, the<span><span></span>
					</span>injury<span><span></span>
					</span>was reported to<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>Occupational Safety and<span>
					</span>Health Administration (OSHA)<span>
					</span>area office in<span>
					</span>Boise, Idaho. On August 7, 2019,<span>
					</span>OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CO)<span>
					</span>Andrew Martinson<span><span></span>
					</span>opened<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>inspection<span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>facility<span><span></span>
					</span>in Idaho Falls, Idaho. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>issued<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>citation and<span><span></span>
					</span>notification<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>penalty<span><span></span>
					</span>(Citation)<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>September<span>
					</span>30, 2019,<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>one<span><span></span>
					</span>serious<span><span></span>
					</span>violation<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>29 C.F.R.<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>proposed penalty of $7,577.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The<span><span></span>
					</span>Citation<span><span></span>
					</span>alleged<span><span></span>
					</span>employees were exposed to<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span>
					</span>unguarded ingoing<span>
					</span>nip point on<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>truck’s<span>
					</span>conveyor<span>
					</span>belt.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>timely contested<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>Citation,<span><span></span>
					</span>bringing<span><span></span>
					</span>this matter before the Commission.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">At the parties’<span><span></span>
					</span>request, in lieu of a hearing,<span><span></span>
					</span>this<span>
					</span>decision<span><span></span>
					</span>is<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>the stipulated<span><span></span>
					</span>record<span><span></span>
					</span>in accordance with<span>
					</span>Commission Rule 61(a).<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref0" href="#ftn0">1</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Rule<span>
					</span>61(a)<span><span></span>
					</span>states that:<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:54px; ">“[a] case<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">may be fully stipulated by the parties and<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">su</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">bmitted to the Commission or the Judge for a decis</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on at any</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>ti</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">me. The stipulation of facts shall be in writi</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ng and signed by th</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">parties or their representatives. The submiss</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n of a case under this rule does not alter the burden of proof, the requireme</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nt</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s otherwise applicable with respect to adducing pr</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of, or th</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e e</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ffect of failure of pro</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">f.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span> </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 220</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">0.61(a). </span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The part</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ies<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">filed Joint Stipu</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lated Facts</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(JSF)</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>inc</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">u</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ded<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">stipulated exh</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">bi</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ts</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>A through<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">N, which are<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">de</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">si</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">gnated a</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">J</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">*</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span>Both parties filed<span>
					</span>initial<span>
					</span>briefs and response<span><span></span>
					</span>briefs, which included<span>
					</span>additional<span><span></span>
					</span>exhibits designated as<span>
					</span>Ex.<span>
					</span>S-*<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary and<span>
					</span>Ex.<span>
					</span>R-*<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span>
					</span>Respondent. The<span>
					</span>exhibits<span>
					</span>included<span><span></span>
					</span>three signed declarations from<span><span></span>
					</span>CO Martinson (Ex. S-1),<span>
					</span>[redacted], sales account manager for<span>
					</span>Snake River Supply (SRS)<span><span></span>
					</span>(Ex. J-G), and Cameron Barker, vice<span>
					</span>president<span><span></span>
					</span>of corporate operations for<span>
					</span>Purvis<span><span></span>
					</span>Industries, LLC<span><span></span>
					</span>(Purvis)<span><span></span>
					</span>(Ex. R-1). <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span><span></span>
					</span>key<span><span></span>
					</span>issues<span><span></span>
					</span>in<span><span></span>
					</span>dispute<span><span></span>
					</span>are<span><span></span>
					</span>whether<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent had knowledge of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>hazardous condition<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>whether<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent complied with<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>requirements<span>
					</span>for machine guarding set forth at<span>
					</span>29 C.F.R.<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1). As<span><span></span>
					</span>set<span><span></span>
					</span>forth<span><span></span>
					</span>below,<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Court<span><span></span>
					</span>finds<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary<span><span></span>
					</span>has<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span><span></span>
					</span>proved<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>Respondent did not comply with the cited standard<span><span></span>
					</span>and the Citation is vacated.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Ju</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">ris</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">diction</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Court finds<span>
					</span>Respondent, at all<span>
					</span>relevant times, was engaged<span><span></span>
					</span>in a business affecting<span>
					</span>commerce and<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>an employer within<span><span></span>
					</span>the meaning of<span>
					</span>sections 3(3)<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>3(5) of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Act, 29<span>
					</span>U.S.C.<span>
					</span>§§<span><span></span>
					</span>652(3) and (5)<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span> (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>5<span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">).</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">F</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">cts</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>SRS,<span>
					</span>located<span><span></span>
					</span>in Idaho Falls, Idaho,<span><span></span>
					</span>supplies<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belts and related equipment<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>agriculture, food processing, and aggregate industries<span>
					</span>in the Idaho Falls area. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>2). Purvis, headquartered in<span><span></span>
					</span>Dallas, Texas,<span><span></span>
					</span>purchased SRS<span><span></span>
					</span>on March 4, 2019. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶¶<span>
					</span>1,<span>
					</span>3). Purvis employed more than 700 employees nationwide and 26 employees at the SRS facility. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>4).</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On<span>
					</span>July 16, 2019, warehouse technician, Nate Breese and<span><span></span>
					</span>sales<span>
					</span>account<span><span></span>
					</span>manager,<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>installed a conveyor belt<span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>potato<span><span></span>
					</span>truck owned<span><span></span>
					</span>and operated by<span><span></span>
					</span>KK Farms in Lewisville, Idaho. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶¶<span>
					</span>6,<span><span></span>
					</span>9).<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>SRS<span><span></span>
					</span>had not previously<span><span></span>
					</span>provided<span>
					</span>products or services to KK Farms<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>hoped to add KK Farms as a new account for his outside sales list.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶¶<span>
					</span>1,<span>
					</span>7; Ex. J-G). Management did<span>
					</span>not direct<span>
					</span>them<span>
					</span>to go<span>
					</span>to KK Farms. (Ex. J-J,<span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>9). </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">KK Farms requested SRS remove<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>old conveyor belt from<span><span></span>
					</span>its potato truck<span>
					</span>and install<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>new belt. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>6). Neither<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>nor Mr. Breese<span>
					</span>documented a<span>
					</span>job<span>
					</span>safety<span>
					</span>analysis<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>the work<span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>KK<span>
					</span>Farms. (JSF<span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>10). <span><span></span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>saw<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>pinch<span><span></span>
					</span>points on the truck<span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt<span><span></span>
					</span>were<span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>guarded.<span><span></span>
					</span>(Ex. J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>4). Based on his common sense<span>
					</span>and prior experience,<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>knew<span><span></span>
					</span>to be<span><span></span>
					</span>careful<span><span></span>
					</span>around<span><span></span>
					</span>these pinch point areas. (Ex. J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>4). </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>After<span>
					</span>Mr. Breese installed the conveyor belt,<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>owner reactivated the belt<span><span></span>
					</span>so<span><span></span>
					</span>Mr. Breese could<span><span></span>
					</span>determine if<span>
					</span>adjustments were needed. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>11).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Both<span>
					</span>Mr.<span>
					</span>Breese and<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>were within five<span><span></span>
					</span>feet of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>moving conveyor belt and its<span>
					</span>unguarded<span>
					</span>ingoing nip points<span><span></span>
					</span>and rotating parts. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶¶<span>
					</span>12,<span>
					</span>14;<span>
					</span>Ex. J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>4). Mr. Breese<span>
					</span>watched<span>
					</span>and adjusted<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor<span>
					</span>belt from the top of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>truck. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>13). [redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>kneeled<span><span></span>
					</span>on the ground at<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>back of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>truck<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>observe<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>belt’s<span><span></span>
					</span>tracking; he was not working on the truck or<span>
					</span>conveyor<span>
					</span>belt. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>13; Ex. J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>6). As he<span>
					</span>moved to get<span>
					</span>up from<span>
					</span>his kneeling position,<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>reached out to<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>truck<span>
					</span>for support and<span>
					</span>mistakenly placed<span>
					</span>his<span><span></span>
					</span>hand<span><span></span>
					</span>into<span><span></span>
					</span>the nip<span>
					</span>point<span><span></span>
					</span>of the<span><span></span>
					</span>moving conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt’s<span>
					</span>roller. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>15; Ex. J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶¶<span><span></span>
					</span>4, 9).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>This resulted in<span>
					</span>broken<span><span></span>
					</span>bones and<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>partial de-glovement<span>
					</span>of his hand. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>15).</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">S</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">c</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">r</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">r</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">y</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">’</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">s</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span>B</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">u</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">r</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">d</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">of</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">P</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">r</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">f</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">To<span><span></span>
					</span>establish<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>violation<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>standard,<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary<span><span></span>
					</span>must<span><span></span>
					</span>prove:<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>cited<span><span></span>
					</span>standard<span><span></span>
					</span>applies;<span><span></span>
					</span>(2)<span><span></span>
					</span>there was<span>
					</span>a failure to comply with the cited standard;<span><span></span>
					</span>(3)<span><span></span>
					</span>one<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>more<span><span></span>
					</span>employees<span><span></span>
					</span>had<span>
					</span>access<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>cited<span>
					</span>condition;<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>(4)<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>employer<span><span></span>
					</span>knew,<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>exercise<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>reasonable<span><span></span>
					</span>diligence<span><span></span>
					</span>could<span><span></span>
					</span>have<span><span></span>
					</span>known,<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>violative<span><span></span>
					</span>condition.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">A</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">t</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">P</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">h</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">m</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pr</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">o</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d</span>.,<span><span></span>
					</span>9<span><span></span>
					</span>BNA<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHC<span><span></span>
					</span>2126,<span><span></span>
					</span>2129<span><span></span>
					</span>(No.<span>
					</span>78-6247,<span><span></span>
					</span>1981),<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">f</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">f</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">i</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">n</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">l</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">v</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">n</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">t</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">p</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">t</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>681<span>
					</span>F.2d<span><span></span>
					</span>69<span><span></span>
					</span>(1st<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir.<span><span></span>
					</span>1982).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary<span><span></span>
					</span>has<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>burden<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>proving<span><span></span>
					</span>his<span><span></span>
					</span>case<span><span></span>
					</span>by<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>preponderance<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>evidence.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">I</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">C</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">i</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">i</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span>1</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">,</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">I</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">m</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">1</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary<span>
					</span>alleges<span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>violated<span><span></span>
					</span>29<span><span></span>
					</span>C.F.R.<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span><span></span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1),<span>
					</span>which<span><span></span>
					</span>states:</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="background-color:#ffffff; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:54px; "><span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen1 style_StGen1 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(a</span><span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen1 style_StGen1 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Mach</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ne guarding—</span><span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen1 style_StGen1 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(1</span><span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen1 style_StGen1 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Types of guarding. One or more methods of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">machine guarding</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>shall<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">be</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">provided to pro</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tec</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the op</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">erator and oth</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">er employees in the ma</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">chi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ne ar</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>from hazard</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s such as</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>those created by<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">point of operation,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ingo</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing nip points</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, rotating</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>parts</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, flyi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">g chips and sp</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ar</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ks. Examples of guarding methods are—barri</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">er guards, two-h</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and tri</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pp</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ng devices, ele</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ctr</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ic saf</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ety devices, e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tc.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span> </p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">O</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">SHA alle</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ged</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cita</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“on<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">or about July 16, 2019<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at times prior, employee</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[were] expos</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d to ingoing nip poin</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s while inst</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ll</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ing a be</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">lt<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a potato truck</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at KK Farms.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent assert</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ha</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it had no knowledg</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">either employe</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">going to ins</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tall<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">onv</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">or belt<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>potato<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">truck<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at KK Farms</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or that</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the truck</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s movi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ng parts</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and nip points</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>were unguarded</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Furthe</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">r,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">R</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">esponde</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nt assert</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it did not have the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">necessary<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">control to<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">install<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a guard o</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>truck</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Applicabil</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">ity</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The parties stipulated<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>cited<span><span></span>
					</span>standard<span>
					</span>“applies<span>
					</span>to the installation and maintenance of conveyor belts<span><span></span>
					</span>on potato processing trucks, such as the truck and<span>
					</span>conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt mechanism owned and operated by KK Farms.” (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>9). Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>installed<span><span></span>
					</span>a conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>KK Farms. (JSF<span>
					</span>¶¶<span>
					</span>6,<span>
					</span>11). </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Nonetheless,<span>
					</span>Respondent asserts<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>standard<span><span></span>
					</span>does not apply to<span>
					</span>its<span><span></span>
					</span>work at KK<span><span></span>
					</span>Farms<span><span></span>
					</span>because it<span>
					</span>had no<span><span></span>
					</span>control over<span>
					</span>the potato truck.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(R. Br. 7-8). This assertion fails. The Commission has<span><span></span>
					</span>long held<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>even<span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>worksite<span><span></span>
					</span>where<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>employer does<span><span></span>
					</span>not have<span>
					</span>complete<span>
					</span>control,<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>employer<span><span></span>
					</span>must<span><span></span>
					</span>take<span>
					</span>“all reasonable<span>
					</span>alternative<span><span></span>
					</span>measures<span><span></span>
					</span>to protect its employees from the violative<span><span></span>
					</span>condition.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ro</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ckwell Int</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">’</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">l</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>17 BNA OSHC 1801,<span><span></span>
					</span>1808<span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 93-</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">54</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">996)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(c</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sol.)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(cit</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ati</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ons omitted)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respon</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dent</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>l</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ack</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>o</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">f</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>control<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">over th</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e worksite does no</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">affect<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pp</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">licability of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cited standard<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>its employees</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">installing a conve</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">yor belt<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at KK F</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">arms</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span>Respondent had<span><span></span>
					</span>a duty<span>
					</span>to provide<span>
					</span>safe working<span><span></span>
					</span>conditions<span><span></span>
					</span>for its<span>
					</span>employees<span><span></span>
					</span>regardless of its<span>
					</span>control<span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>offsite<span><span></span>
					</span>work area. The<span><span></span>
					</span>cited standard<span>
					</span>applies.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; margin-right:5.733px; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">C</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">ompliance<span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">With The Standard<span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>29 C.F.R.<span>
					</span>§<span><span></span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1),<span><span></span>
					</span>is a<span>
					</span>“performance standard,<span><span></span>
					</span>which<span><span></span>
					</span>means<span>
					</span>it states<span>
					</span>the result<span><span></span>
					</span>required . .<span>
					</span>.<span><span></span>
					</span>rather than specifying that<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>particular type<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>guard must be used.”<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">W</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ay</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ne<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Fa</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ms, LLC</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>2020 WL<span><span></span>
					</span>5815506,<span><span></span>
					</span>*2<span><span></span>
					</span>(No.<span>
					</span>17-1174,<span><span></span>
					</span>2020)<span><span></span>
					</span>(<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Way</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ne</span>)<span><span></span>
					</span>(citations<span><span></span>
					</span>omitted);<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see al</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">so,</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Thomas Indus. Coatings</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span>, 21 BNA OSHC 2283, 2287 (No. 97-1073,<span>
					</span>2007)<span><span></span>
					</span>(performance standards<span><span></span>
					</span>are interpreted in light of what<span>
					</span>is reasonable). To comply with a<span><span></span>
					</span>performance standard<span><span></span>
					</span>an employer must<span><span></span>
					</span>“identify the hazards<span><span></span>
					</span>peculiar<span><span></span>
					</span>to its own<span><span></span>
					</span>workplace and determine the steps<span>
					</span>necessary to<span>
					</span>abate them.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wayne</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>2020 WL 5815506<span><span></span>
					</span>at *2<span>
					</span>(citations<span><span></span>
					</span>omitted). <span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>To prove the element<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>noncompliance,<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">2</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary<span><span></span>
					</span>must prove<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>based on the<span><span></span>
					</span>function<span><span></span>
					</span>of the<span>
					</span>machine<span><span></span>
					</span>and how it was used<span><span></span>
					</span>“that it is<span><span></span>
					</span>reasonably predictable either by<span><span></span>
					</span>operational<span>
					</span>necessity<span>
					</span>or otherwise (including<span><span></span>
					</span>inadvertence),<span><span></span>
					</span>that employees have been, are, or will<span><span></span>
					</span>be in<span>
					</span>the zone of danger.”<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wayne</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>2020 WL 5815506<span><span></span>
					</span>at,<span>
					</span>*3<span><span></span>
					</span>(citations<span><span></span>
					</span>omitted). In<span><span></span>
					</span>other words, Respondent<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>required to guard the<span>
					</span>roller’s<span>
					</span>ingoing<span><span></span>
					</span>nip point<span><span></span>
					</span>on the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt if,<span>
					</span>based<span>
					</span>on the<span><span></span>
					</span>necessary or<span>
					</span>normal<span><span></span>
					</span>process of<span>
					</span>replacement and installation of<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt,<span><span></span>
					</span>it was<span><span></span>
					</span>reasonably predictable an employee<span><span></span>
					</span>could be in<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>zone<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>danger.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The<span><span></span>
					</span>facts of this<span><span></span>
					</span>case<span><span></span>
					</span>are<span><span></span>
					</span>analogous<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wayne</span><span><span></span>
					</span>where<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>Commission<span>
					</span>stated<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>noncompliance<span>
					</span>“hinges on whether<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>[employee’s]<span><span></span>
					</span>actions were<span>
					</span>reasonably predictable given the machine’s<span>
					</span>normal operation.”<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wa</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">yne</span>,<span>
					</span>2020<span><span></span>
					</span>WL 5815506<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>*3. In<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Wayne</span>, an employee was injured when his<span>
					</span>hand and arm were<span><span></span>
					</span>drawn into<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>mechanical paddles of a flour hopper<span><span></span>
					</span>after he<span><span></span>
					</span>removed the<span>
					</span>metal grate<span>
					</span>to manually clean the hopper. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">I</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d.<span>
						</span></span>at<span>
					</span>*1.<span>
					</span>The<span>
					</span>Commission found<span><span></span>
					</span>that it was unnecessary to manually<span><span></span>
					</span>clean the hopper<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>that other operators did not. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span><span></span>
					</span>at *4. The<span>
					</span>Commission<span><span></span>
					</span>found<span><span></span>
					</span>the employee’s action<span><span></span>
					</span>was idiosyncratic<span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>the Secretary had<span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>established<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>the machine was<span>
					</span>“normally<span>
					</span>operated in a way<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>contemplated or<span>
					</span>anticipated such entry.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>*4 (citation<span><span></span>
					</span>omitted).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Thus,<span>
					</span>the Commission<span><span></span>
					</span>held that<span><span></span>
					</span>the employer<span>
					</span>was not required to guard the<span>
					</span>area<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>noncompliance<span>
					</span>with<span><span></span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>was not established. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "></span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Here, the<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary has not shown<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>based on<span><span></span>
					</span>operational<span><span></span>
					</span>necessity<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>normal<span><span></span>
					</span>installation<span><span></span>
					</span>process<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>it was<span><span></span>
					</span>reasonably predictable<span><span></span>
					</span>an employee would<span>
					</span>be in the zone of danger and<span>
					</span>make contact, intentionally or unintentionally,<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span>
					</span>the ingoing<span><span></span>
					</span>nip points<span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>the conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt’s roller. </p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Even though<span><span></span>
					</span>supplying and installing<span>
					</span>a conveyor belt<span>
					</span>on a potato truck<span><span></span>
					</span>was a<span><span></span>
					</span>regular<span>
					</span>part of its<span><span></span>
					</span>business,<span>
					</span>the record contains<span>
					</span>little<span><span></span>
					</span>information<span>
					</span>about<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>normal<span><span></span>
					</span>process for installing a<span>
					</span>conveyor belt. (JSF<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>2). The<span>
					</span>evidence<span>
					</span>contains no information as to<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>usual<span><span></span>
					</span>role of<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>sales account manager<span><span></span>
					</span>during<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>installation<span>
					</span>process<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>a client’s<span><span></span>
					</span>site. The<span>
					</span>record<span><span></span>
					</span>is silent<span>
					</span>as to whether it<span>
					</span>was a<span>
					</span>necessary<span>
					</span>or<span>
					</span>normal<span>
					</span>part of<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>installation<span><span></span>
					</span>process<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>second<span><span></span>
					</span>person<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>observe<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt<span><span></span>
					</span>while the technician made adjustments. There<span>
					</span>was no evidence<span>
					</span>that it was<span>
					</span>an<span>
					</span>operational necessity<span>
					</span>or<span>
					</span>normal<span><span></span>
					</span>practice<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>an employee to be under the truck near the unguarded<span><span></span>
					</span>area of the conveyor<span><span></span>
					</span>belt’s<span><span></span>
					</span>roller. To sum-up, the<span>
					</span>Secretary provided no evidence to show that<span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>reasonably predictable an employee would<span><span></span>
					</span>be<span>
					</span>near<span><span></span>
					</span>an unguarded roller<span>
					</span>at the back of the<span>
					</span>truck. </p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary has not<span><span></span>
					</span>proved<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent was required<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>guard the roller’s ingoing nip point on the conveyor belt because<span><span></span>
					</span>there<span>
					</span>is insufficient evidence to show that it<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>reasonably predictable<span><span></span>
					</span>that an<span>
					</span>employee<span><span></span>
					</span>would be<span><span></span>
					</span>in the zone of danger. Thus, the Secretary<span><span></span>
					</span>has not<span><span></span>
					</span>proved<span>
					</span>the element of<span>
					</span>noncompliance.</p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; margin-right:6px; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Exposure<span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">To</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">T</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">he<span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Cited<span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Condition</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">To prove exposur</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e, “t</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he Secretary must show<span>
						</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ei</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ther that Resp</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nd</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">en</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s employees wer</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e actually exposed to<span>
						</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e<span>
						</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">viola</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ive condition or that</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>it is ‘reasonabl</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>pred</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ictable .</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. by operat</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ional n</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ecessity or otherwise (including inadvertence), that</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employees have been, are, or wi</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ll be</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in the zone of danger.</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Dover High P</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">rf</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">orma</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">nce Plastics</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">I</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">nc</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2020 WL 5880242,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">*</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(No. 1</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">4</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-1268, 2020)<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(citati</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ons om</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">itted)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Here, the<span>
					</span>sales<span>
					</span>account<span>
					</span>manager was actually exposed to the hazardous condition as shown by<span>
					</span>his contact with the unguarded<span>
					</span>conveyor belt’s nip point<span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>the resulting<span><span></span>
					</span>injury. Exposure to the cited hazard<span>
					</span>is established.</p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; margin-right:6px; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">K</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">nowledge</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o establi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sh know</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">led</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ge, the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">S</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ecretar</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">must prove that Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“knew or, with the exercise</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of reasonable dil</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">igence,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">c</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ould have k</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">own of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">presenc</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">violative condition</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.”</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Am. Eng’g<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">&<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">D</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ev</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">. Corp</span>., 23 BNA OSHC 2093,<span><span></span>
					</span>2095<span><span></span>
					</span>(No.<span><span></span>
					</span>10-0359, 2012)<span><span></span>
					</span>(<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">AEDC</span>)<span><span></span>
					</span>(citations omitted)<span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen2 style_StGen2 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_NormalCharacter style_NormalCharacter style_StGen2 style_StGen2 " style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>Knowledge may<span>
					</span>be imputed to the employer<span><span></span>
					</span>“through its supervisory employee.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Neither<span><span></span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>nor<span>
					</span>Mr.<span><span></span>
					</span>Breese<span><span></span>
					</span>had<span><span></span>
					</span>a position<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>supervisory<span>
					</span>authority<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span>
					</span>Respondent. Further,<span><span></span>
					</span>there is<span><span></span>
					</span>no evidence<span>
					</span>that any<span><span></span>
					</span>supervisory employee<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>knew<span><span></span>
					</span>these<span>
					</span>two<span><span></span>
					</span>employees<span><span></span>
					</span>were delivering<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>installing a conveyor<span>
					</span>belt at<span><span></span>
					</span>KK<span><span></span>
					</span>Farms.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">3</a></span> Thus,<span><span></span>
					</span>actual knowledge of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>hazardous condition is not proved.<span>
					</span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span>
					</span>Secretary<span>
					</span>can<span><span></span>
					</span>prove<span>
					</span>constructive<span><span></span>
					</span>knowledge<span>
					</span>by showing<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span>
					</span>the exercise of reasonable diligence<span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>could have known of<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>hazardous condition.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">AEDC,<span>
						</span></span>23 BNA OSHC<span>
					</span>at<span><span></span>
					</span>2095. <span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Accor</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ding to</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Commi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sion,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">[r]</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">easo</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nable dili</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">genc</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e involv</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">es</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>consi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">der</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ation of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sev</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ral fac</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tor</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s, including the emp</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">loye</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s obligation to<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">have a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dequ</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ate work rules and training<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">programs, to a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dequately supervise e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">m</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">loyees, to a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nticipate hazards, and to ta</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ke</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>measures t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o prevent the occ</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">u</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">rrence<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">vi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">olations.”</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Da</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ni</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "> Shoo</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">k<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Joint<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ven</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ture XX</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">V</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>19</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">BNA OSH</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">C 1</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">497, 1501 (No.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">98-11</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">92, 2001),</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 319<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">F.3d 80</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">5 (</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6th Cir.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2003)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The obligat</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ion to inspect</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(i.e., adequate supe</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">v</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ision) for h</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">azards “req</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">uires a<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">careful a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">nd</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>critical examination, and is<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ot sa</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tisfi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ed by a me</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">re o</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pportuni</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ty</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to vi</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ew<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">equipment</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.”</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Burford</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">'s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Tree, Inc.</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">22 BNA O</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">SHC<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1948,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1950</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">07</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-1899,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>201</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">0)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">The<span>
					</span>Secretary asserts that<span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>did not exercise reasonable diligence because it did<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>have<span>
					</span>a safety program with<span>
					</span>work rules or training<span><span></span>
					</span>materials<span><span></span>
					</span>to instruct employees<span><span></span>
					</span>on how to work<span><span></span>
					</span>safely<span><span></span>
					</span>when<span><span></span>
					</span>faced with the hazard of<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded equipment<span>
					</span>at a customer’s<span><span></span>
					</span>location.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(S.<span>
					</span>Br.<span>
					</span>9-10; S. Resp. Br. 6). The Secretary also asserts that Respondent made<span>
					</span>no effort to<span><span></span>
					</span>adequately supervise or anticipate hazards<span>
					</span>at the<span><span></span>
					</span>client’s worksite.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(S.<span>
					</span>Reply Br.<span>
					</span>3-6).</p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Respondent asserts that<span>
					</span>its<span><span></span>
					</span>work rules<span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>employee<span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>machine guarding safety<span><span></span>
					</span>were adequate. (R. Br. 3, 5, 9). <span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Respondent</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">’</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Work<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Ru</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">les</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">A<span><span></span>
					</span>work rule must adequately address the cited hazard,<span>
					</span>be clear, and cannot be too general. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Se</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Superi</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">or</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Custom Cabinet Co</span>.,<span>
					</span>18 BNA OSHC 1019,<span>
					</span>1021<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 94-200, 1997)<span><span></span>
					</span>(<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Superior</span>);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ee also,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pressure Concr</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ete Construction Co</span>.,<span><span></span>
					</span>15<span>
					</span>BNA OSHC 2011,<span>
					</span>1992 WL 381670, at *6<span><span></span>
					</span>(No.<span><span></span>
					</span>90-2668, 1992) (employer’s<span>
					</span>general<span><span></span>
					</span>policy to<span>
					</span>not work in tunnel while it was raining was<span><span></span>
					</span>not specific<span><span></span>
					</span>enough<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>insufficient<span>
					</span>instruction<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>employees). A<span><span></span>
					</span>rule<span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>“gives<span><span></span>
					</span>employees too much discretion in<span>
					</span>identifying<span><span></span>
					</span>unsafe<span><span></span>
					</span>conditions”<span><span></span>
					</span>is too<span>
					</span>general<span><span></span>
					</span>to be effective.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Superior,<span>
						</span></span>18 BNA OSHC at 1021.</p>
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			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent’s<span><span></span>
					</span>2018-2019<span>
					</span>safety<span><span></span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>materials<span><span></span>
					</span>consisted of<span><span></span>
					</span>33 pages of<span>
					</span>toolbox<span>
					</span>safety<span>
					</span>talks<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>the subjects of<span><span></span>
					</span>hand tools,<span>
					</span>saws,<span><span></span>
					</span>portable<span>
					</span>extinguishers,<span>
					</span>safe<span>
					</span>lifting<span><span></span>
					</span>practices,<span>
					</span>lockout-<span><span></span>
					</span>tagout of machinery,<span>
					</span>forklifts,<span>
					</span>PPE usage, shortcuts, overconfidence,<span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>examples of<span><span></span>
					</span>preventable<span><span></span>
					</span>accidents. (JSH<span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>23;<span>
					</span>Ex.<span><span></span>
					</span>J-H).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>There were<span><span></span>
					</span>no work<span>
					</span>rules<span><span></span>
					</span>about the<span>
					</span>requirement to guard<span>
					</span>a machine’s<span><span></span>
					</span>moving parts. In the lockout-tagout<span>
					</span>and preventable accidents<span>
					</span>sections, there were two<span>
					</span>general<span><span></span>
					</span>references<span><span></span>
					</span>to the<span>
					</span>hazard of moving parts. The first,<span>
					</span>in<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>lockout-tagout<span><span></span>
					</span>guidelines,<span><span></span>
					</span>stated<span><span></span>
					</span>“Never<span>
					</span>reach into moving equipment. In even the blink of an<span><span></span>
					</span>eye you<span><span></span>
					</span>could have a<span>
					</span>life changing injury.” (Ex.<span>
					</span>J-H<span><span></span>
					</span>#PURVIS000014). The<span><span></span>
					</span>second<span>
					</span>mention<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>example<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>a preventable<span>
					</span>accident<span><span></span>
					</span>in which<span><span></span>
					</span>an employee<span><span></span>
					</span>lost<span>
					</span>his balance<span><span></span>
					</span>and placed his hand<span><span></span>
					</span>into the<span><span></span>
					</span>equipment’s<span>
					</span>moving parts<span><span></span>
					</span>while<span>
					</span>squatting<span><span></span>
					</span>nearby.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(Ex.<span><span></span>
					</span>J-H<span><span></span>
					</span>#PURVIS000013).<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Other than<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>general statement<span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>reach into moving equipment,<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent had<span><span></span>
					</span>no work<span><span></span>
					</span>rule for<span>
					</span>employees<span>
					</span>to follow when they encountered the<span>
					</span>hazard of<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded moving parts, including ingoing nip points. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">This<span>
					</span>work rule<span>
					</span>was too<span>
					</span>general and did<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span><span></span>
					</span>provide<span>
					</span>specific instructions to employees on<span><span></span>
					</span>how<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>prevent exposure<span>
					</span>to moving parts. Respondent did not have an effective work rule<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>cited hazard.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Respondent</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">’</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Training</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent asserts that both Mr. Breese<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>were adequately trained. (R. Br. 3, 5,<span><span></span>
					</span>9). However,<span>
					</span>Respondent did not know when<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>or Mr. Breese<span><span></span>
					</span>were trained on<span>
					</span>pinch points<span><span></span>
					</span>and unguarded<span>
					</span>equipment. (Ex. J-J<span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>3).<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>had<span>
					</span>taken<span>
					</span>neither<span>
					</span>the OSHA 10-hour general industry safety course<span><span></span>
					</span>nor the MSHA<span>
					</span>Part 46 training. (JSF<span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>5). The only evidence of<span>
					</span>training for<span>
					</span>Mr. Breese<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>“working<span>
					</span>safely with table saws”<span><span></span>
					</span>session<span>
					</span>on April 25, 2019. (Ex. J-H<span><span></span>
					</span>#PURVIS<span><span></span>
					</span>000039). This<span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>the only documentation of<span>
					</span>employee<span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>occurred<span>
					</span>prior to the accident<span><span></span>
					</span>at KK<span>
					</span>Farms. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>averred<span><span></span>
					</span>in<span><span></span>
					</span>his<span>
					</span>written declaration that he<span>
					</span>knew<span>
					</span>there<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>an unguarded<span>
					</span>area on<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>potato truck’s conveyor belt<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>he<span>
					</span>knew<span>
					</span>from previous<span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>that he<span>
					</span>should not place his<span><span></span>
					</span>hand<span>
					</span>near the roller of<span>
					</span>the conveyor belt. (Ex.<span>
					</span>J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>6). [redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>did not<span>
					</span>disclose<span><span></span>
					</span>when he had<span>
					</span>received this previous training or<span>
					</span>whether<span><span></span>
					</span>SRS had provided it. Despite his awareness<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded nip point,<span>
					</span>he placed his hand into the<span>
					</span>ingoing<span>
					</span>nip<span>
					</span>point of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor’s roller when he reached out to<span>
					</span>steady<span><span></span>
					</span>himself while<span><span></span>
					</span>rising from<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>ground. (Ex.<span>
					</span>J-G<span><span></span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>6). Respondent cannot rely on a vague notion<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>[redacted]’s prior training or experience to meet its<span>
					</span>duty to<span>
					</span>train<span>
					</span>employees on the hazards of unguarded equipment. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Par Elec. Contr</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">actors, Inc.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>20 BNA OSHC 1624, 1628<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 99-1520, 2004) (citations omitted)<span><span></span>
					</span>(Employers<span><span></span>
					</span>“cannot<span><span></span>
					</span>count<span><span></span>
					</span>on employees’<span><span></span>
					</span>common sense,<span>
					</span>experience, and<span><span></span>
					</span>training<span>
					</span>by former employers or a<span><span></span>
					</span>union to preclude the<span><span></span>
					</span>need for specific<span><span></span>
					</span>instructions”).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent’s<span>
					</span>safety<span><span></span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>program<span><span></span>
					</span>provided no<span><span></span>
					</span>guidance<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>guarding method<span>
					</span>or other<span>
					</span>measures<span>
					</span>an employee<span><span></span>
					</span>could utilize<span><span></span>
					</span>to prevent<span><span></span>
					</span>contact<span><span></span>
					</span>with unguarded moving<span><span></span>
					</span>parts;<span><span></span>
					</span>instead,<span><span></span>
					</span>it<span><span></span>
					</span>provided<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>general,<span><span></span>
					</span>minimal instruction to<span><span></span>
					</span>not place a<span><span></span>
					</span>hand near<span>
					</span>“moving equipment.”<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(Ex.<span>
					</span>J-H<span>
					</span>#PURVIS000014). </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Duty to Anticipate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">and Prevent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Occurrence</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">of Hazard</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">In addition<span><span></span>
					</span>to not<span><span></span>
					</span>having a<span>
					</span>work<span><span></span>
					</span>rule, Respondent made no<span>
					</span>attempt to anticipate<span>
					</span>hazards, supervise the work<span><span></span>
					</span>or provide specific instructions<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>the work<span>
					</span>at KK Farms.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>“The Commission has long held that an<span><span></span>
					</span>employer<span><span></span>
					</span>must inspect the area to determine what hazards exist or may arise during the work<span><span></span>
					</span>before permitting employees to work<span>
					</span>in<span>
					</span>an area, and the employer<span>
					</span>must then give<span>
					</span>specific and appropriate instructions to prevent exposure to unsafe<span>
					</span>conditions.”<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Altor, Inc</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span>,<span>
					</span>23<span><span></span>
					</span>BNA OSHC 1458,<span>
					</span>2011 WL 1682629,<span>
					</span>*18<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 99-0958, 2011)<span><span></span>
					</span>(citation omitted);<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ee</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>also</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Greenl</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ea</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">f<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">M</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">otor Expre</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ss, Inc</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">21 OSHC<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">1872, 18</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">74-</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">75</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(N</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>03-1305, 2007)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">even<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">whe</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">re</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">there had been no similar prior<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">incidents, t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>found<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">there<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was a lack of reas</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">onable<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">diligence</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">be</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cau</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">se th</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ere was no inquiry ab</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ou</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">or inspection of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">w</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ork area</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">;</span><span style="color:#000000; 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; ">Prid</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Oil Well<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Serv</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>15 BNA<span>
					</span>OSHC<span>
					</span>1809,<span><span></span>
					</span>1814<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 87-692, 1992) (employer required to “inspect the work area, to anticipate hazards<span>
					</span>to which employees may be exposed, and to take measures to<span><span></span>
					</span>prevent the occurrence”) (citation<span><span></span>
					</span>omitted)<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">;</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Automatic</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>S</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">p</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ri</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">nkle</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">C</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">o</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">r</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">p</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>8<span>
					</span>BNA OSHC 1384,<span>
					</span>1387-88<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 76-5089, 1980)<span><span></span>
					</span>(inspection<span><span></span>
					</span>of the work area must be done<span>
					</span>even when<span>
					</span>employees are<span>
					</span>experienced). </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent’s safety<span>
					</span>training<span><span></span>
					</span>materials<span>
					</span>did not provide guidance<span>
					</span>for evaluating hazards<span>
					</span>when working at a customer’s location or<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span>
					</span>unguarded<span>
					</span>equipment. Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>did not<span>
					</span>provide<span><span></span>
					</span>supervision for<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>work at KK Farms.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent’s safety program had no<span>
					</span>means<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>employees to evaluate<span><span></span>
					</span>and prevent<span><span></span>
					</span>exposure<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>unguarded<span><span></span>
					</span>nip points and rotating<span><span></span>
					</span>parts<span><span></span>
					</span>on equipment. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent’s<span><span></span>
					</span>safety program<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>the time<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the accident<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>reasonably diligent effort to provide<span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>adequate work rule, training, supervision<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span>
					</span>other<span><span></span>
					</span>measures<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>prevent<span><span></span>
					</span>an employee’s contact with<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded<span><span></span>
					</span>nip points and rotating parts. (<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Ex.<span><span></span>
					</span>J-H;<span><span></span>
					</span>JSH<span>
					</span>¶<span>
					</span>23). The<span><span></span>
					</span>Secretary has<span><span></span>
					</span>demonstrated that<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>did not<span>
					</span>exercise reasonable diligence to protect its employees<span><span></span>
					</span>working<span>
					</span>with unguarded<span>
					</span>equipment<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>customer’s location.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-right:6px; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Other</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Arguments</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>argues<span><span></span>
					</span>that,<span><span></span>
					</span>because<span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>not knowledgeable about the potato farming business<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span>
					</span>that it did not know its employees<span>
					</span>were<span>
					</span>going<span><span></span>
					</span>to KK Farms, it cannot have constructive knowledge. However, the work done at KK Farms—the<span>
					</span>replacement<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>a conveyor belt on a potato truck—was within the<span><span></span>
					</span>scope of<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>usual business<span><span></span>
					</span>as a supplier<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>conveyor belts to<span>
					</span>the agricultural industry. (<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span>JSF ¶<span><span></span>
					</span>2). Respondent has not provided evidence<span>
					</span>to show that<span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>and Mr. Breese were engaged in conduct outside their<span>
					</span>usual<span>
					</span>job duties<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>usual practice of SRS, such that it would not<span>
					</span>be the<span><span></span>
					</span>type of<span>
					</span>work or<span>
					</span>equipment<span><span></span>
					</span>that was<span>
					</span>reasonably predictable. Respondent’s<span><span></span>
					</span>argument fails. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent<span>
					</span>argues that<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Mountain<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">States Contractors, LLC v. Perez,<span>
						</span></span>825 F.3d 274, 283 (6th<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir.<span><span></span>
					</span>2016)<span><span></span>
					</span>supports<span><span></span>
					</span>its position<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>it cannot<span><span></span>
					</span>have<span><span></span>
					</span>knowledge<span><span></span>
					</span>for<span>
					</span>safety<span><span></span>
					</span>hazards<span><span></span>
					</span>on a machine that<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>unknown<span><span></span>
					</span>to them. (R. Br.<span>
					</span>8,<span>
					</span>12). However,<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Mountain Sta</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">tes</span><span><span></span>
					</span>does not<span>
					</span>support<span>
					</span>this assertion. There, the<span><span></span>
					</span>circuit<span><span></span>
					</span>court upheld the ALJ’s finding that<span>
					</span>the cited employer had<span><span></span>
					</span>constructive knowledge because<span>
					</span>the employer had<span>
					</span>been<span><span></span>
					</span>lax<span>
					</span>in its<span>
					</span>supervision and with<span><span></span>
					</span>reasonable diligence<span>
					</span>could have known of the<span><span></span>
					</span>equipment’s<span><span></span>
					</span>deficiency.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">I</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">d.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>This<span>
					</span>argument is not persuasive.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent<span>
					</span>could have known, with the<span><span></span>
					</span>exercise<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>reasonable diligence,<span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the unguarded<span>
					</span>areas on the potato truck’s<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt. Constructive knowledge is proved. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; margin-right:6px; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Affirmative Defen</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">ses</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent directly or indirectly<span>
					</span>asserts<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>affirmative defenses of infeasibility,<span>
					</span>multi-employer worksite,<span>
					</span>unpreventable employee misconduct,<span>
					</span>and employee error, inadvertence, accident or mistake. Respondent bears the burden of proof for these defenses. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Briones Util.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">C</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">o.</span>, 26 BNA OSHC 1218,<span>
					</span>1220<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 10-1372, 2016).</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; margin-right:6px; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Infeasib</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ility</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span>Defe</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">nse</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">Respondent<span>
					</span>asserts<span>
					</span>that because it did<span>
					</span>not own<span><span></span>
					</span>or control<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>potato<span>
					</span>truck<span><span></span>
					</span>it could not<span>
					</span>install<span><span></span>
					</span>guards<span>
					</span>for<span><span></span>
					</span>the moving parts of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt. Further,<span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>asserts<span><span></span>
					</span>that it<span>
					</span>was not feasible to refuse to work on<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>customer’s<span>
					</span>equipment that<span>
					</span>was not guarded. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">To prove infeasibility, an employer must show that: (1) literal compliance with<span><span></span>
					</span>the terms of the cited standard was infeasible; and (2) an alternative protective measure was<span><span></span>
					</span>used or there was no feasible alternative measure.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Otis Elevator Co</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>24 BNA OSHC 1081, 1087<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 09-1278, 2013),<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">aff'd,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>762 F.3d 116 (D.C.<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir. 2014). The Commission expects “employers to<span><span></span>
					</span>exercise some<span>
					</span>creativity in seeking to achieve compliance.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Gre</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">go</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ry & Cook, Inc</span>., 17 BNA OSHC 1189, 1191<span><span></span>
					</span>(No.<span><span></span>
					</span>92-1891,<span><span></span>
					</span>1995).</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">The cited standard states that methods other than a<span>
					</span>physical<span><span></span>
					</span>barrier may be used<span><span></span>
					</span>to protect employees. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span>29<span>
					</span>C.F.R.<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span><span></span>
					</span>1910.212(a)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>(“Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand<span><span></span>
					</span>tripping devices,<span>
					</span>electronic<span><span></span>
					</span>safety devices, etc.”).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>There is no<span><span></span>
					</span>evidence that<span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>attempted<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>implement<span><span></span>
					</span>any<span><span></span>
					</span>means<span><span></span>
					</span>of guarding<span><span></span>
					</span>other than a<span>
					</span>physical<span><span></span>
					</span>barrier<span><span></span>
					</span>or<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>no<span>
					</span>other<span>
					</span>feasible alternative<span><span></span>
					</span>means<span><span></span>
					</span>of guarding<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>available. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:6px; ">By contrast,<span>
					</span>after the accident,<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent implemented a new policy that<span>
					</span>required<span><span></span>
					</span>employees<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>take an OSHA course<span>
					</span>that included machine guarding safety,<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>conduct a job<span><span></span>
					</span>safety<span>
					</span>analysis<span><span></span>
					</span>at<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>customer’s<span>
					</span>site, advise customers on proper<span><span></span>
					</span>guarding devices (when there<span>
					</span>were<span>
					</span>none),<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>attach individual lockout-tagout devices,<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>verify<span>
					</span>equipment<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>running<span>
					</span>properly<span><span></span>
					</span>from a<span><span></span>
					</span>distance,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>keep all body parts away from<span>
					</span>moving<span><span></span>
					</span>equipment<span><span></span>
					</span>parts.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(JSF<span>
					</span>¶<span><span></span>
					</span>19; Ex. J-D,<span>
					</span>J-I<span><span></span>
					</span>##PURVIS 000041-45). This new policy by Respondent demonstrates there was<span><span></span>
					</span>a feasible alternative<span><span></span>
					</span>available. The<span>
					</span>asserted<span>
					</span>defense of infeasibility fails.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; margin-right:6px; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Mul</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ti-Emp</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">loyer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">W</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">orks</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ite D</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ef</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">nse</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>asserts that because<span><span></span>
					</span>it did not own the potato truck<span><span></span>
					</span>and had<span><span></span>
					</span>no prior<span><span></span>
					</span>knowledge that the<span><span></span>
					</span>conveyor belt’s moving parts were unguarded,<span><span></span>
					</span>it had no control over the hazard. Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>also asserts that it did not have<span><span></span>
					</span>an obligation to inspect<span><span></span>
					</span>the equipment<span><span></span>
					</span>because<span><span></span>
					</span>it did not own or<span>
					</span>control<span><span></span>
					</span>the truck the<span>
					</span>conveyor belt was installed on. (Resp. Rep. Br.<span>
					</span>4). In essence,<span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent is<span><span></span>
					</span>asserting a multi-employer worksite defense. To<span><span></span>
					</span>establish this defense Respondent must<span><span></span>
					</span>show<span>
					</span>1)<span>
					</span>that it did not<span>
					</span>create<span>
					</span>the violative condition,<span>
					</span>2)<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>it did not<span>
					</span>have control<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>abate the condition as<span>
					</span>the standard required,<span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>3)<span>
					</span>that it<span>
					</span>made<span>
					</span>reasonable<span><span></span>
					</span>alternative<span>
					</span>efforts to protect its employees from the hazard<span><span></span>
					</span>or that<span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>did<span>
					</span>not have,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>with reasonable diligence could<span><span></span>
					</span>not have<span>
					</span>had,<span><span></span>
					</span>notice of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>condition.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Capform</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc.</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">13</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>OS</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">HC BNA 22</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">19,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2222</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(N</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">o. 84-556</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 1989)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent’s obligation to inspect<span><span></span>
					</span>and be aware of<span>
					</span>the hazards<span>
					</span>at an employee’s work<span><span></span>
					</span>location<span><span></span>
					</span>was not dependent on<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>ownership<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>equipment it<span><span></span>
					</span>was servicing.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>did<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span><span></span>
					</span>create<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>condition<span><span></span>
					</span>of unguarded<span>
					</span>nip points<span><span></span>
					</span>on<span>
					</span>the potato<span><span></span>
					</span>truck<span>
					</span>nor<span><span></span>
					</span>did<span>
					</span>it<span><span></span>
					</span>have the control to place physical guards on the truck. However,<span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>made no<span>
					</span>effort to implement<span>
					</span>alternative methods<span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>protect its employees from the hazard.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The multi-employer worksite defense<span>
					</span>fails.<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Unpreventabl</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span>Employ</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ee Misconduct</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">To<span>
					</span>establish the defense of unpreventable<span><span></span>
					</span>employee misconduct, the evidence<span><span></span>
					</span>must show<span>
					</span>that the employer: (1) had a work rule designed to prevent the violative<span><span></span>
					</span>condition, (2) adequately<span>
					</span>communicated that<span>
					</span>work rule, (3) took reasonable<span>
					</span>steps to discover violations of the rule, and (4) effectively<span>
					</span>enforced the rule when it was violated. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Stark</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Excavatin</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">g, I</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">n</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">c</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>24 BNA OSHC 2218,<span>
					</span>2220<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 09-0004,<span><span></span>
					</span>2014)<span>
					</span>(consol.)<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Respondent’s assertion that it<span><span></span>
					</span>had<span><span></span>
					</span>a regular safety<span>
					</span>program<span><span></span>
					</span>and training<span>
					</span>designed<span><span></span>
					</span>to prevent contact with unguarded machinery<span><span></span>
					</span>is rejected. As<span>
					</span>discussed above,<span>
					</span>Respondent had no rule<span>
					</span>for employees to follow when faced with unguarded equipment, offered<span><span></span>
					</span>no evidence of<span>
					</span>communicating<span>
					</span>such<span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>work rule to employees,<span>
					</span>had<span>
					</span>no<span><span></span>
					</span>plan to discover<span>
					</span>violations of<span>
					</span>employees<span>
					</span>working<span>
					</span>on<span><span></span>
					</span>unguarded<span>
					</span>equipment, and made<span>
					</span>no effort to enforce a violation of<span>
					</span>such<span>
					</span>a rule.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">4</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The unpreventable employee misconduct defense fails.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; "><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">Em</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ploy</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">ee Error</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span>Inadvert</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">nce</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">, Acc</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">iden</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">, o</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">r Mistake</span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent also<span><span></span>
					</span>asserts<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>[redacted]’s<span>
					</span>injury<span><span></span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>result of<span><span></span>
					</span>error,<span><span></span>
					</span>inadvertence,<span><span></span>
					</span>accident, or mistake. This assertion<span>
					</span>misconstrues<span><span></span>
					</span>the purpose of the<span>
					</span>standard. As<span><span></span>
					</span>the Commission<span>
					</span>has<span>
					</span>stated<span>
					</span>since<span><span></span>
					</span>its<span><span></span>
					</span>earliest days,<span>
					</span>“[t]he<span><span></span>
					</span>standard<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>designed<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>provide against<span>
					</span>such human weaknesses”<span><span></span>
					</span>as<span>
					</span>“neglect, distraction, inattention or<span>
					</span>inadvertence.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Slyter Chair, Inc.</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>4<span>
					</span>BNA OSHC 1110, 1112<span>
					</span>(No.<span>
					</span>1263,<span><span></span>
					</span>1976);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Akr</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">on Brick</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>&</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Block Co.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span>3<span><span></span>
					</span>BNA OSHC<span><span></span>
					</span>1876, 1878<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 4859,<span><span></span>
					</span>1976)<span><span></span>
					</span>(“The plain purposes<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span>
					</span>the standard<span>
					</span>are<span>
					</span>to avoid dependence upon human behavior and to provide a safe environment for employees in the machine area from the hazards created by the machine’s operation.”);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Dover High Pe</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">rf</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">orma</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">nce Plas</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">tics, Inc</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.,<span>
						</span></span>2020 WL 5880242, at *3<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(employer<span>
					</span>cannot rely on employee to not make a mistake<span>
					</span>in timing<span>
					</span>when operating<span>
					</span>an unguarded<span><span></span>
					</span>lathe). Thus, any mistake<span>
					</span>by<span><span></span>
					</span>[redacted]<span><span></span>
					</span>does not absolve Respondent of its duty to comply with the requirements of the standard. Respondent’s assertion is rejected.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Con</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">clusion</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">W</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ile<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the S</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ecretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prove</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">d</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that Respondent had construc</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tive kn</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">owledge of the h</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">azar</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dous condition,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did not prove th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was required to guard the ing</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">oing nip p</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">oints on the conve</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">yor belt beca</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">use there was no eviden</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ce it was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">onabl</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y predic</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">tab</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">le</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">by ne</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cessity or normal practice an employee would be<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">in the zone of danger for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hazardous condition. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Thus, the element of noncompliance with the stan</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dard was not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">proved. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretar</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y has n</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ot met<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the burde</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n for h</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">prima f</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">cie</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>case. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">F</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">i</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">d</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">i</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">g</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">s</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">f</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">F</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">c</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">t</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">d</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Co</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">c</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">l</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">u</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">s</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">i</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">n</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">s</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">o</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">f</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">L</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">w</span><span style="text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">All<span><span></span>
					</span>findings<span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>fact<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>conclusions<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>law<span><span></span>
					</span>relevant<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>necessary<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>determination<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>contested<span><span></span>
					</span>issues<span><span></span>
					</span>have<span><span></span>
					</span>been<span><span></span>
					</span>made<span><span></span>
					</span>above.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">S</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">e</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Fed.<span><span></span>
					</span>R.<span><span></span>
					</span>Civ.<span><span></span>
					</span>P.<span><span></span>
					</span>52(a).<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>All<span><span></span>
					</span>proposed<span><span></span>
					</span>findings<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>fact<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>conclusions<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>law<span><span></span>
					</span>inconsistent<span><span></span>
					</span>with<span><span></span>
					</span>this<span><span></span>
					</span>decision<span><span></span>
					</span>are<span><span></span>
					</span>denied.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;"></span> </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;">O</span><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;">RDER</span><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1px; line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:9.6px; ">           Based<span><span></span>
					</span>upon<span><span></span>
					</span>the<span><span></span>
					</span>foregoing<span><span></span>
					</span>findings<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>fact<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span><span></span>
					</span>conclusions<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>law,<span><span></span>
					</span>it<span><span></span>
					</span>is<span><span></span>
					</span>ORDERED<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span><span></span>
					</span>Citation<span><span></span>
					</span>1,<span><span></span>
					</span>Item<span><span></span>
					</span>1,<span><span></span>
					</span>alleging<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>Serious<span><span></span>
					</span>violation<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>29<span><span></span>
					</span>C.F.R.<span><span></span>
					</span>§<span><span></span>
					</span>1910.212(a),<span><span></span>
					</span>is<span><span></span>
					</span>hereby<span>
					</span>VACATED.        </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:9.6px; text-indent:1.016cm; ">SO ORDERED.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:288px; text-indent:1.427cm; "> </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:288px; text-indent:1.427cm; ">                                                                    </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:240px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;">/s/ Christopher D.</span><span style="font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Helms</span><span style="font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
						<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18pt; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:-5.933px; ">                                                                        <span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Christopher<span>
					</span>D.<span><span></span>
					</span>Helms</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:-5.933px; ">                                                                         <span><span></span>
					</span>Administrative Law<span><span></span>
					</span>Judge, OSHRC</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-left:-5.933px; "> </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal ">Dated:<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>January 6, 2021</p>
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					</span>The Commission has noted that<span>
					</span>“[t]he submission of a case on stipulated facts under Commission Rule 61 is<span><span></span>
					</span>not without some peril to a party having<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>burden of proof<span><span></span>
					</span>on particular issues.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Farrens Tree Surgeons Inc.</span>, 1992 WL 190282, at *1<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 90-998, 1992).</p>
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						</span>Co</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">m</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">mission recently observed that<span>
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						</span>but is not identic</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">al to</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">, the</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>Secretary</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">s pri</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">ma facie case.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>injury sustai</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">ned by<span>
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						</span>violations<span>
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