Skidmore v. Travelers Insurance Company

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., imposes safety requirements on employers engaged in business affecting interstate commerce. This suit asserts that the statute, by implication, creates a private cause of action for civil damages against executive officers of the employer for the employer’s failure to comply with the Act. 1

While the statute imposes a duty on employers, and enforces that duty by criminal sanctions and by creating a right to injunctive relief, it does not mention any private civil remedy against the employer…