Legal Opinion
Caribtow Corporation v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 18, 1974No. 73-1285PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
An employee of Caribtow, a Puerto Rican corporation, was killed while engaged in trying to move a crawler crane from a barge to a dock in Santurce, Puerto Rico. After investigation, the Secretary of Labor, acting pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (the Act), issued a citation and notice of a proposed fine of $700 to the corporation for a serious violation of its duty to furnish its employees with a safe place to work, in failing to provide a ramp or other safe method for moving the crane from barge to dock. 29 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Ramon Rodriguez Colon, Ramon Rodriguez Colon v. Waterman Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
- Mora v. MejiasDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1953
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