OSHRC Issues Rare Split Decision On OSH Act Statute Of Limitations Case

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has taken the rare step of announcing that its current members are deadlocked on a pending petition, unveiling a pair of opinions where the two members are at odds on whether claiming a violation occurred “on or about” a particular day gives OSHA leeway to file a citation more than six months later. In their June 1 notice on the case Secretary of Labor v. R+L Shared Carrier Services , OSHRC Chairman Cynthia...