M.C. Dean, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor

M.C. Dean petitions for review of a final decision of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission finding that M.C. Dean violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”) by failing to guard a skylight which resulted in an employee’s fall and subsequent death. After careful review of the record and briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we deny the petition for review and affirm the Commission’s decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Because the facts underlying M.C. Dean’s citation are central to this appeal, we recount them below.

A. The Underlying Incident

Petitioner M.C. Dean is an…