Associated Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Payne

GREENE, Judge.

Associated Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (AMC) appeals from the trial court’s order affirming the decision of the North Carolina Safety and Health Review Board (the Review Board) sustaining a citation for violating the sloping requirements for trench excavation set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.652(b) as willful-serious and imposing an $8,000.00 penalty and sustaining a citation for violating safety/training require- • ments set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.21(b)(2) as serious and imposing a $560.00 penalty.

Harry E. Payne, Jr., the Commissioner of Labor (Commissioner) cited AMC for…