USERY v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.

No. 76-1735.

577 F.2d 1113 (1977)

W. J. USERY, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Petitioner, v. KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis K. Kade, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C. (Alfred G. Albert, Benjamin W. Mintz and Allen H. Feldman, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner.

James B. Lee, Salt Lake City (Kent W. Winterholler, Salt Lake City, on the brief), of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for respondent Kennecott.

Before SETH, HOLLOWAY and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) petitions for review of an order of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission), which vacated an administrative law judge's decision that Kennecott Copper Company (Kennecott) had violated certain OSHA regulations. In reversing the decision of the administrative law judge, a divided Commission found that Kennecott had not failed to comply with occupational health and safety standards...

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