United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a final order affirming violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act regarding a trench collapse and the death of an employee at a construction site is denied where there was sufficient evidence showing that petitioner failed to instruct its employees in proper safety measures and made no effort to ensure that employees did not enter the trench on the day of the collapse.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/03/2006
• Published 10/03/2006

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: B. FLETCHER and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. Peterson, Rocklin, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joanna Hull (argued), Ann Rosenthal, Joseph M. Woodward, and Howard M. Radzely, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.