Mildred Galvin v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Mildred Galvin appeals an adverse summary judgment ruling in her Federal Tort Claims Act action against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. We conclude that the district court lacked jurisdiction over Galvin’s claims and affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings

Decedent James Edward Galvin was a conveyor operator at the sawmill of P.E. Barnes & Sons, Ltd. in Tallulah, Louisiana. On March 11, 1985, Galvin was trying to remove some wood scraps that had jammed in the conveyor belt when the conveyor began to run again. James Galvin became trapped in the…