OSHRC Affirms Use Of Multi-Employer Doctrine In 11th Circuit Cases

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has rejected a Florida contracting firm’s argument that the multi-employer doctrine that allows OSHA to cite several companies at the same worksite for a single hazard conflicts with precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, even as it overturned the citation at the heart of the dispute. In a May 10 decision resolving Secretary of Labor v. Summit Contracting Group (Summit) , the two-member OSHRC held that the...