Federal Magistrate Finds OSHA Warrant to Expand Incident Inspection “Improvidently Granted”

Seyfarth Synopsis: In this recent case a Federal Magistrate Judge finds that OSHA has gone too far in expanding an incident inspection into a wall-to-wall inspection.

 

A District Court Magistrate Judge recently recommended that the Court quash a warrant “improvidently granted” to OSHA to expand an accident investigation into a broader Regional Emphasis Program (REP) inspection. Report and Recommendation (R&R), In the Matter of the Establishment Inspection of Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc., No. 2-16-MC-004-JCF (N.D. GA August 5, 2016).

 

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