Judge Dismisses Damage Claim From Employer Wrongly Cited by OSHA

The federal workplace safety agency mistakenly citing the wrong company for asbestos removal violations and then issuing a press release naming the incorrect employer isn’t enough to justify that company’s claim for damages, a federal district judge ruled.

“OSHA’s actions might have seemed unfair to plaintiffs, but they were not irrational,” Judge Barbara Crabb of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin wrote in an order issued Monday.

At issue was the Occupational Safety and Health Administration citing A&A Environmental Services Inc., of Poynette, Wis., in 2016, when the agency intended to cite A&A Environmental Inc., also ...