Law, Business, and Society 9th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 49

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors received permission from the Army Corps of Engineers to inspect a federal construction site where an accident had occurred. The contractor declined consent, but OSHA secured a federal district court order allowing inspection. OSHA found some obvious violations, but others were apparent only after initial observations led to followup interviews with employees and closer looks at equipment. The contractor objected to the search on Fourth Amendment grounds.
a. Explain the nature of that objection.
b. Decide the case. See National Engineering Contracting Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 928 F.2d 762 (6th Cir. 1991).