Legal Opinion
A.C. Castle Construction Co. v. Acosta
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 7, 2018No. 17-1537PPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
General contractor A.C. Castle Construction Co., Inc. appeals fines imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") for violations related to an accident at a construction worksite in Massachusetts. A.C. Castle argues, among other things, that OSHA wrongly held it responsible for the acts and omissions of a subcontractor. For the reasons below, we affirm.
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