Federal agency decisions, searchable in plain English.
Workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) and mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), each with a plain-English summary, the standards it cites, and whether it counts as precedent. More agencies are coming.
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Secretary of Labor obo Jonathan Holskey v. Pennyrile Energy, LLC
Secretary of Labor obo Jonathan Holskey v. Pennyrile Energy, LLC (FMSHRC KENT 2018-0004 D): Temporary economic reinstatement approved
The Judge had previously ordered Pennyrile Energy to return Jonathan Holskey to his former job after finding his discrimination complaint non-frivolous. The parties then negotiated temporary economic reinstatement instead of Holskey physically returning to the Riveredge Mine. Judge Kenneth R…
Warrior Coal, LLC v. Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Labor v. Warrior Coal, LLC
Warrior Coal, LLC v. Secretary of Labor (FMSHRC KENT 2011-1084-R, et al.): Roof and rib violations yielded $129,250 penalty
MSHA cited Warrior Coal after inspectors found an excessively wide entry and extensive unstable roof and rib conditions in the Cardinal underground coal mine's No. 2 unit. The case covered a roof-control-plan violation, an imminent-danger order involving roof bolters beside an overhanging rock rib…
What these documents are
- Commission decisions: Rulings by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission itself, the highest level of agency review. These are citable as Commission precedent, though a decision may have been appealed to a U.S. Court of Appeals after issuance.
- ALJ decisions: Rulings by OSHRC Administrative Law Judges after a hearing. When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.
- Why finality matters: Every page here says which kind of decision you are reading, so you know whether it is precedent you can cite or a final order that only shows how one judge ruled on one set of facts.
- Where they come from: Every page links the official OSHRC public release, and the full text on the page is that release. The plain-English summaries are written by Ezel.