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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1980 Nov 21 DOC#: WH058 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Certified Letter to OSHA with Respondent1 Answer to Complaint with Legal Doc- Answer to Complaint Attached U j'/ 'u x f /o ,* * Westinghouse Electric Corporation November 21 1980 tS irp c irt O W M , C ru et W *a w * ,w r * 15722 9^. CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEPT* REQUESTED Executive Secretary OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY h HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 18"'S K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Ret Secretary of Labor v. Westinghouse OSBRC DOCKET NO. 806779___________ Dear Sirt Enclosed please find the original and one (1) copy of Respondent's Answer to Complaint in the above-referenced matter. I would appreciate your accepting the same for filing. Copies of the seme have been served on all parties in accordance with the Certificate of Service. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, ^James E. Ford Attorney (412) 255-3772 JEFtajo Enclosures cc .United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local 107 Westinghouse Salaried Employes Assoc. South Philadelphia Westinghouse Guards, Local No. 1 Marshall H. Harris, Regional Solicitor .OC2 Howard K. Aqran, Esq. [i{^EXHIBIT mm ) UNITED STATES OP AMERICA OCCUPATIONAL SAPETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION RAY MARSHALL# SECRETARY OP LABOR# UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP LABOR _ Complainant# V. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION# Respondent. I I t OSHRC DOCKET I NO. 806779 REGION III t ANSWER TO COMPLAINT A COMES NOW Respondent, WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION# end for answer to the Complaint, admits# denies and alleges as follows: bas: I Answering Paragraph I of the Complaint# Respondent admits the same. II Answering Paragraph II of the Complaint.. Respondent admits the same. Ill rLr-!- Answering Paragraph III of the Complain:. Respondent I F admits the same. Answering Paragraph admits the same. IV IV of the Complaint, Respondent -3tri V Answering Paragraph V of the Complaint, Respondent admits the same. VI Answering Paragraph VI of the Complaint, Respondent admits that inspections, conducted at the aforesaid place of business and of employment by an authorised representative of the Secretary of Labor, commenced on March 27, 1980, and ended on July 10, 1980, and that Respondent was issued Serious, Willful, Repeat, and Other Citations and Notification of Penalty. However, Respondent denies that the total assessed penalty totaled $52,100. VII ~] Answering Paragraph VII of the Complaint, R e s p o n d e n tLb/ad^i admits the same. r-- -f VIII Answering Paragraph VIII of the Coaplal't, Respondent admits that it had previously been cit->J for allegedly violat- (3,3 ing 29 CPR 1910.252(a)(2)(ii)(b), but Respond'ne denies eachi^T and every other allegation contained therein. 2 KJI IX Answering Paragraph admits the same. ZX of X tha Complaint, Respondent I0Sscii Answering Paragraph X of the Complaint, Respondent admits the same. XZ Answering Paragraph XI of the Complaint, Respondent denies each and every allegation contained therein. xzz Answering Paragraph XZZ of the Complaint, Respondent denies each and every allegation contained therein. B Zn further answer to the Complaint, Respondent raises the following affirmative defenses: That the allegedly hazardous conditions specified in Items 1 through 18 of Serious Citation No. 1 were undetect able. 11 F-- r That the allegedly hazardous omdit ion ' soecified in Items 1 through 18 of Seriou3 Citation No. 1 wei e the result of unpreventable employe actions. r= -3 - ++ m % >*1 vtk. .M ^ M ~mu *m m '.n> L ` IB im <3> i* mi m -*c - Mu -me -1C -* W*). JE Udi -JC iu "* o ar < * 7* JU -J*J m: .4*J >m ' XJ 3) ID .< .a. m C tu 4B> 1K O33 C jfc- JC *** * % .M*l ` ^-M >lU ** .U 1 i. Mh (K .4' O <*/ ID i; w . i > t> . 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