Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Don Whitaker Logging, Inc.

Petitioner, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (OR-OSHA), seeks review of an order of an administrative law judge (ALJ) that dismissed a citation charging respondent, Don Whitaker Logging Company (employer), with serious violations of several safety standards under the Oregon Safe Employment Act. 1 We affirm.

OR-OSHA issued the citation for alleged serious violations after an accident involving employer’s rigging crew at a logging site. A supervisor of the crew gave the signal to move a “turn” 2 of logs while he and two other employees were standing in their path, in an area known…