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									</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; ">D</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; ">ocket No.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
									</span>16-0296</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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							<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; ">Best Touch Tub & Tile,<span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">ORDER OF DEFAULT</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><a name="ftnref0" href="#ftn0">1</a></span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "></span></p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On January<span>
					</span>19, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (“citation”) to Respondent for OSHA inspection number 1081517. The citation alleged<span>
					</span>serious<span><span></span>
					</span>violations of OSHA’s standards with a proposed total penalty of $25,200. Respondent’s notice of contest, dated February 10, 2016,<span>
					</span>was filed by<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span><span></span>
					</span>attorney, Robert J. Vecchio, Esq.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">2</a></span> Respondent’s notice of contest was docketed and the Commission’s Notice of Docketing was sent to the Respondent on<span>
					</span>February 22, 2016. The Notice of Docketing return<span>
					</span>postcard<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">3</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>was signed by Respondent’s attorney<span><span></span>
					</span>on March 10, 2016, and returned to the Commission. </p>
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					</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On April 15, 2016, the Secretary filed the complaint in this matter. Respondent did not file an answer as required by Commission Rule 34(b), 29<span><span></span>
					</span>C.F.R. § 2200.34(b). On June 30, 2016, the undersigned issued an Order to Show Cause Why Notice of Contest Should Not Be Dismissed (“First<span>
					</span>Order”). The<span>
					</span>First<span>
					</span>Order directed Respondent to show cause on or before July 14, 2016, as to why it should not be declared in default for not filing an answer to the complaint within the time permitted by the Commission’s Rules of Procedure.<span>
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					</span>Respondent was advised that failure to respond to the<span>
					</span>First<span>
					</span>Order would result in all of the alleged violations set out in the OSHA citation being affirmed and the proposed penalties being assessed without a hearing.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The<span>
					</span>First Order was sent to<span>
					</span>the record address of the<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>attorney<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>through the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) by regular first class mail and by<span>
					</span>certified mail<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">5</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>with return receipt requested. The mailing by regular first class mail was not returned. The USPS<span>
					</span>Product & Tracking information<span><span></span>
					</span>website<span><span></span>
					</span>shows the certified<span><span></span>
					</span>mailing was delivered on July 5, 2015;<span>
					</span>the certified mailing’s green receipt card<span>
					</span>that acknowledges receipt<span>
					</span>has not yet been returned<span><span></span>
					</span>to the Commission. <span><span></span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On<span>
					</span>July 26, 2016, my staff contacted<span>
					</span>the office of Respondent’s attorney,<span>
					</span>Mr. Vecchio,<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>inquire as to why an answer had not<span><span></span>
					</span>been filed and was informed his<span><span></span>
					</span>address had changed to 526 Superior Avenue, East, Suite 220, Cleveland OH  44114. On July 26, 2016, the undersigned issued a second<span><span></span>
					</span>Order to Show Cause Why Notice of Contest Should Not Be Dismissed (“Second<span>
					</span>Order”). The<span>
					</span>Second<span>
					</span>Order directed Respondent to show cause on or before<span><span></span>
					</span>August 9, 2016, as to why it should not be declared in default for not filing an answer to the complaint within the time permitted by the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. Respondent was advised<span><span></span>
					</span>that failure to respond<span>
					</span>would result in all of the alleged violations set out in the OSHA citation being affirmed and the proposed penalties being assessed without a hearing. <span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Second Order was sent to the updated record address of the Respondent’s attorney<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">6</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>through USPS<span>
					</span>regular<span>
					</span>first class mail and by certified mail<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref6" href="#ftn6">7</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>with return receipt requested. The USPS Product & Tracking information<span>
					</span>website<span>
					</span>shows the certified<span><span></span>
					</span>mailing was delivered on July 29, 2015;<span><span></span>
					</span>the certified mailing’s green receipt card that acknowledges receipt has not yet been returned to the Commission. The first class mailing was not returned by USPS<span><span></span>
					</span>and is presumed delivered. It is concluded that Respondent’s attorney<span><span></span>
					</span>received the Second Order.<span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:1.75; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On October 12, 2016, the undersigned issued a third<span><span></span>
					</span>Order to Show Cause Why Notice of Contest Should Not Be Dismissed (“Third<span>
					</span>Order”). The Third Order was sent directly to the Respondent, rather than through Respondent’s attorney, to provide<span><span></span>
					</span>an<span><span></span>
					</span>additional notice to Respondent.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref7" href="#ftn7">8</a></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:1.75; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">A search of the Ohio Secretary of State’s website provided the address for Respondent’s owner and agent, Eric L. Howard. This address matched the business address listed on the citation and the Secretary’s complaint. The Third<span>
					</span>Order was sent<span><span></span>
					</span>to the Respondent’s agent<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">,<span>
						</span></span>Eric L. Howard, at 3930 Princeton Blvd., South Euclid, OH 44121, through USPS regular first class mail and<span>
					</span>certified mail<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref8" href="#ftn8">9</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>with return receipt requested. The USPS Product & Tracking information<span>
					</span>website<span>
					</span>shows this mailing was delivered on October 18, 2016. </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:1.75; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The<span>
					</span>Third<span>
					</span>Order directed Respondent to show cause on or before<span><span></span>
					</span>October 26, 2016, as to why it should not be declared in default for not filing an answer to the complaint within the time permitted by the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. Respondent was advised<span><span></span>
					</span>that failure to respond<span>
					</span>would result in all of the alleged violations set out in the OSHA citation being affirmed and the proposed penalties being assessed without a hearing. <span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The certified mailing’s green receipt card was signed<span><span></span>
					</span>and returned to the Commission.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref9" href="#ftn9">10</a></span> The first class mailing was not returned by USPS<span><span></span>
					</span>and is presumed delivered. It is concluded that Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>received the Third<span><span></span>
					</span>Order.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref10" href="#ftn10">11</a></span><span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:1.75; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Neither<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>nor his attorney has<span><span></span>
					</span>responded<span>
					</span>with an answer<span>
					</span>to any<span><span></span>
					</span>Order.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref11" href="#ftn11">12</a></span> Commission Rule 101(a), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a), provides in pertinent part that:</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sanctions. </span>When any party has failed to plead or otherwise proceed as provided by these rules or as required by the . . . Judge, he may be declared to be in default . . . after having been afforded an opportunity to show cause why he should not be declared to be in default. . . .Thereafter, the . . . Judge, in [her] discretion, may enter a decision against the defaulting party. . . .</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:6.667px; line-height:1.75; text-align:justify; ">
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>A judge has very broad discretion in imposing sanctions for noncompliance with the judge’s orders or the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sealtite Corp.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>15 BNA OSHC 1130, 1134 (No. 88-1431, 1991). The Commission has long held that dismissal is too harsh a sanction for failure to comply with certain prehearing orders unless the record shows contumacious conduct by the noncomplying party, prejudice to the opposing party, or a pattern of disregard for Commission proceedings. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Architectural Glass & Metal Co.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>19 BNA OSHC 1546, 1547 (No. 00-0389, 2001). I find Respondent’s conduct here to be contumacious in that, as set out above, the regular first class and certified mailings were received and Respondent failed to respond to<span>
					</span>multiple orders.<span>
					</span></p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For these reasons, Respondent is found to be in DEFAULT, its notice of contest is DISMISSED, and the OSHA citation issued to Respondent on January 19, 2016, for inspection Number 1081517<span><span></span>
					</span>is AFFIRMED in its entirety and penalties ASSESSED.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>SO ORDERED.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Covette Rooney</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Chief Judge</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; ">Dated: January 5, 2017</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Washington, D.C.</p>
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			<hr/>"
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn0" href="#ftnref0"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">1 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The<span>
					</span>previous<span>
					</span>Order is revised to state the reason for the Third Order<span><span></span>
					</span>and to ensure service of the Revised Order of Default to Respondent’s agent and<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Respondent’s attorney.</p>
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					<a name="ftn1" href="#ftnref1"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">2 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>On the same date, by separate letter, Respondent’s counsel noted that Respondent’s<span>
					</span>business<span>
					</span>had<span><span></span>
					</span>closed<span><span></span>
					</span>and the only person associated with the company at closure was its owner, Eric Howard.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn2" href="#ftnref2"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">3 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The postcard is the Respondent’s means to certify that it has posted and served the notice of contest to affected employees as required by Commission Rule 7. </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn3" href="#ftnref3"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">4 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The mailing was addressed to<span><span></span>
					</span>“Robert J. Vecchio, Esquire, Vecchio & Vegh LLC, 720 Leader Builder, 526 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, OH 44114.”</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn4" href="#ftnref4"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">5 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The certified mailing tracking number<span>
					</span>was 7007-3020-0001-9767-5934. USPS tracking information can be found at<span>
					</span>https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn5" href="#ftnref5"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">6 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The mailing was addressed to:<span>
					</span>“Robert J. Vecchio, Esquire, Vecchio & Vegh LLC, 720 Leader Builder, 526 Superior Avenue, East,<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Suite 220</span>,<span>
					</span>Cleveland, OH 44114.”</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn6" href="#ftnref6"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">7 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The certified mailing tracking number<span>
					</span>was 7016-0910-0001-2491-0092. USPS tracking information can be found at<span>
					</span>https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn7" href="#ftnref7"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">8 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Because the certified mailing cards were not returned to the Commission and Respondent’s attorney did not respond to the first two show cause orders, a Third Order was issued directly to Respondent’s owner and agent as an additional notice prior to a default action.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn8" href="#ftnref8"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">9 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The certified mailing tracking number<span>
					</span>was 7016-0910-0001-2491-0245. USPS tracking information can be found at<span>
					</span>https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn9" href="#ftnref9"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">10 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The green certified mail<span><span></span>
					</span>return card<span>
					</span>was<span>
					</span>returned to the Commission<span>
					</span>with significant<span><span></span>
					</span>damage.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn10" href="#ftnref10"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">11 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>On December 20, 2016, my staff contacted the office of Respondent’s attorney, Mr. Vecchio, to determine whether he still represented the Respondent. Mr. Vecchio stated that he had not withdrawn as counsel because Respondent had filed bankruptcy.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_FootnoteText style_FootnoteText ">
					<a name="ftn11" href="#ftnref11"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">12 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>The Commission expects a business to maintain “orderly procedures for handling important documents.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Louisiana-Pacific Corp.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>13 BNA OSHC 2020, 2021 (No. 86-1266, 1989) (citations omitted). </p>
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