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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 654', '§ 1910', '§ 1910', '§ 1910', '§ 1910', '§ 1910']

6 O.s.h. Cas.(bna) 1636, 1978 O.s.h.d. (cch) P 22,814greyhound Lines-west, and Greyhound Lines, Inc., Petitioners, v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, and Occupational Safetyand Health Review Commission, Respondents, 575 F.2d 759 (9th Cir. 1978) :: Justia
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6 O.s.h. Cas.(bna) 1636, 1978 O.s.h.d. (cch) P 22,814greyhound Lines-west, and Greyhound Lines, Inc., Petitioners, v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, and Occupational Safetyand Health Review Commission, Respondents, 575 F.2d 759 (9th Cir. 1978)
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 575 F.2d 759 (9th Cir. 1978) May 25, 1978
29 U.S.C. § 654(a) (2) provides that "Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter". The regulations at 29 C.F.R. § 1910.22 contain the following standard:
Second, Greyhound contends its pits are not "open" within the meaning of the regulatory scheme. Greyhound argues that the regulatory scheme presupposes three kinds of "pits". First, § 1910.22(c) defines pits which, says Greyhound, are always open. Second, § 1910.23(a) (5) applies to pits which are infrequently used, requiring them to be covered or constantly guarded or protected.1 The third type of pit, according to the argument, is that which is frequently used, but not always open. These pits are not mentioned in the regulations and thus have not been subjected to any standards if Greyhound is correct.
Stripped of its attempt to suggest a three-fold approach to "pits" in the regulatory scheme by introducing the otherwise irrelevant provisions of § 1910.23(a) (5), Greyhound's contention is merely that its pits should not be called open pits because they are frequently covered by buses. We refuse to adopt such a restrictive construction of the regulation. The Secretary is not requiring that Greyhound protect its pits by covers or railings when they are in use. Rather he requires the pit, when it is open, to be safeguarded.
29 C.F.R. § 1910.23(a) (5)