Legal Opinion
Cowin & Co. v. Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1979No. 78-1825PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Cowin & Company, Inc., an independent construction company, was employed in the construction of an air intake shaft for Ranger Fuel, Inc., a coal mine operator, at its Beckley, No. 1 coal mine near Bolt, West Virginia. On January 7, 1974, three Cowin employees were killed and three injured when wire ropes suspending their work platform broke, plunging the workers more than one hundred feet to the bottom of the shaft. Cowin was charged as an agent of Ranger Fuel under Section 109(c) of the Federal Coal Mine Health & Safety Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- National Realty and Construction Company, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Secretary of Labor, PartyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Usery v. Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Association of Bituminous Contractors v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., and Each of Its Member Companies Listed, Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Secretary of Interior, Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., and Each of Its Member Companies Listed, Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc. v. Secretary of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Mohawk Excavating, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Kyle Jones, United States of America v. Gary NeilCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Williams Enterprises, Inc., Williams Enterprises, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Kenny Richardson v. Secretary of Labor Mine Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Cowin And Company, Inc. v. Federal Mine Safety And Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Kenny Richardson v. Secretary of Labor Mine Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982