Sturm Ruger & Co., Pine Tree Castings Division; 99-1873, 99-1874; 05/06/04

These cases center on issues surrounding the validityofadatacollectionsurveybythe Secretary of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration(“OSHA”)andresulting warrant and inspection of the Pine Tree Casting Division facility of Sturm Ruger & Co. As a result of that inspection, OSHA issued citations for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (“the Act”). Sturm Ruger has challenged the warrant’s validity in several forums. The judicial arenas that have decided the merits of Sturm Ruger’s claims -- the U. S. District Court for New Hampshire, and Commission Administrative Law Judges Ann Z. Cook and Michael H. Schoenfeld – have rejected them. See, e.g., Sturm Ruger & Co. v. United States, 1999 CCH OSHD ¶ 31,783 (Civil No. 98-418-JD, D.N.H., Jan. 22, 1999), aff’d on other grounds sub nom. Sturm Ruger & Co. v. OSHA, 186 F.3d 63 (1st Cir. 1999) (“SR II”).