Secretary of Labor v. Seward Ship's Drydock, Inc.
Case Details
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
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Outcome
The Ninth Circuit granted the Secretary of Labor's petition for review and adopted the Secretary's interpretation of the Respiratory Protection Standard, requiring employers to evaluate respiratory hazards whenever there is potential for employee overexposure, not just when respirators have already been determined necessary.
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