L. R. WILLSON & SONS, INC. v. DONOVAN

No. 81-1603.

685 F.2d 664 (1982)

L. R. WILLSON & SONS, INC., Petitioner, v. Raymond L. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Z. Nothstein, Baltimore, Md., with whom Jeffrey P. Ayres and Ezra D. Singer, Baltimore, Md., were on brief, for petitioner.

Andrea Casson, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Florida, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Allen H. Feldman, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for respondent.

John A. Bryson, Westminster, Md., and Shelley D. Hayes, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Before TAMM and WILKEY Circuit Judges, and GERHARD A. GESELL, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

We are required in this case to plunge into the world of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards for the construction industry in general and the structural steel erection industry in particular. The standards at issue set forth the protections employers are required to provide to minimize the hazard to employees of falling from the buildings upon which they...

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