U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Sofidel America v. OSHRC
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Raymond M. Kethledge
- Filed
- Jan. 9, 2026
- Case
- Sofidel America v. OSHRC
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0019n.06 No. 25-3037 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Jan 09, 2026 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) SOFIDEL AMERICA, ) Petitioner, ) ON PETITION FOR REVIEW ) OF AN ORDER OF THE v. ) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ) AND HEALTH REVIEW LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Secretary of Labor, ) COMMISSION Respondent. ) ) OPINION Before: CLAY, KETHLEDGE, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. After a worker was injured at an Ohio factory, OSHA cited the factory’s operator—Sofidel America—for several safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission upheld the citations, and Sofidel now petitions for review of the Commission’s order. We grant the petition. I. Sofidel operates a paper-products factory in Circleville, Ohio, where it makes toilet paper, and other household products, for Costco and other sellers. In the factory’s converting department, large rolls of toilet paper, weighing several tons apiece, are unwound, embossed, and then rewound around cardboard cores and cut into small rolls (thereby being “converted” into a finished consumer product). To unwind and rewind the toilet paper, Sofidel uses the R88 …
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