R. Williams Construction Company v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner R. Williams Construction Co. (“Williams” or “the Company”) petitions for review of a final order of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”), affirming violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”) in the wake of a trench collapse and death of an employee at a construction site in Santa Ynez, California. We deny the petition for review.

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On September 19, 2002, a trench collapse at a sewer-construction project at the Chumash Casino Project in Santa Ynez, California, killed Jose Aguiniga, a…