Legal Opinion
Harry C. Crooker & Sons, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 11, 2008No. 07-2770PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is “to assure so far as possible ... safe and healthful working conditions.” 29 U.S.C. § 651(b). Despite the salutary nature of that mission, there are limits to what OSHA can demand of employers. This petition for judicial review entreats us to draw such a line: to excuse compliance with an OSHA standard on grounds of infeasibility lest literal enforcement of the standard cripple an entire segment of the construction industry. Discerning serious evidentiary gaps in the petitioner’s thesis, we deny…
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