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Island Creek Coal Company v. Secretary of Labor (MSHA) and United Mine Workers of America (Commission decision, August 3, 1979)

Island Creek Coal Company (FMSHRC PIKE 79-18): Dismissal of review application affirmed

Decision type
Commission decision
Docket
PIKE 79-18
Decided
August 3, 1979
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable Commission precedent
Checked against source
2026-10-23
Official source
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Decision of the Commission
The Commission affirmed the judge's dismissal of Island Creek's application for review. This is a final Commission disposition of the application, without a merits ruling in this release. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
About this page: The plain-English summary and decision snapshot below were written by Ezel based on the official FMSHRC release. The full text is the agency's own release.
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Plain-English summary

Island Creek Coal Company sought review in a case involving the Secretary of Labor and the United Mine Workers of America. The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's dismissal of Island Creek's application in a one-sentence decision. The release gives no reason for the dismissal and identifies no safety standard, citation outcome, or penalty.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standards: None identified in this release.
  • Outcome: Dismissal of Island Creek's application for review affirmed; no penalty stated.
  • Key point: The Commission left the judge's dismissal in place without explaining it in this release.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
ISLAND CREEK COAL V. MSHA
DDATE:
19790803
TTEXT:

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY & HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C.
August 3, 1979

ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY

v. Docket No. PIKE 79-18

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA

DECISION

The administrative law judge's dismissal of Island Creek
Coal Company's application for review is affirmed.

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