U.S. v. CHMIELEWSKI

No. 99-1773.

196 F.3d 893 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kazimierz CHMIELEWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lausch, Jr. (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven Shobat (argued), Chicago, IL, John L. Malevitis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, JR., FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Kazimierz Chmielewski owned and operated the Protech Construction Company when it got on the wrong side of OSHA for several safety and health violations at a work site in Niles, Illinois. OSHA issued a citation against Protech proposing penalties of approximately $4,500 for seven "serious" violations and an additional $35,000 for the company's failure to install a guardrail on a scaffold—a violation OSHA characterized as "willful...

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