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Rimini v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Rimini v. J.P. Morgan Chase (DOL ARB 2017-0026): Agency complaint dismissed
Thomas Rimini filed a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower complaint with OSHA in July 2015. He later notified the Board that he intended to seek a new hearing in federal district court instead of continuing the Department of Labor case. The Board explained that the statute permits that court route when…
Adam Zembrzuski dba A to Z Construction
Mistaken citation withdrawal remanded for review
OSHA issued A to Z Construction three serious citation items with proposed penalties totaling $2,000. The employer later said it no longer wished to contest, but the Secretary mistakenly filed a withdrawal of the citation instead of a withdrawal of the employer's notice of contest. The judge…
American Federation of Government Employees, Council of Prisons Locals, Council 33 (Union) and United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (Agency)
AFGE Council of Prisons Locals 33 and Bureau of Prisons (FLRA 0-AR-5243): National contract-review process upheld
The Bureau of Prisons' master agreement allows local facilities to negotiate supplemental agreements, subject to national review for conflicts with the master agreement and governing law. The union challenged the scope of those reviews and alleged bad-faith bargaining after the agency again…
Secretary of Labor v. Noranda Alumina, LLC
Unexpected manager departure justified reopening
Noranda intended to contest two mercury-testing citations, but the employee responsible for MSHA assessments unexpectedly quit on the day the assessment arrived. Managers unfamiliar with the process treated the assessment as a bill and paid it. The Commission originally denied reopening for…
T.M. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, South Wales NY
T.M. (ECAB 17-0318): Late reconsideration request denied
T.M., a postal rural letter carrier, sought reconsideration of the denial of his claim for injuries from a fall on icy steps. OWCP received his request more than one year after its merit decision. The Board found the request untimely and the new medical evidence insufficient to show clear error in…
J.L. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Temple TX
J.L. (ECAB 16-1914): Reconsideration denied without merit review
J.L., a postal employee, sought reconsideration of OWCP’s denial of her emotional condition claim. The Board reviewed only the later refusal to reopen the claim. Her new medical report did not establish that the alleged workplace events occurred, the factual issue underlying the original denial…
J.M. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Albany NY
J.M. (ECAB 16-1425): Total disability claim denied
J.M., a postal bundle parcel sorter, sought compensation for total disability beginning January 11, 2006 from accepted elbow conditions. The Board found that her treating physician did not adequately explain why those conditions prevented all work. Some reports addressed conditions OWCP had not…
R.S. and Department of the Navy, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
R.S. (ECAB 15-1503): Right shoulder impairment award sent back
R.S., a Navy shipyard welder, sought a schedule award above 12 percent permanent impairment of his right arm. OWCP had awarded an additional three percent after earlier awards totaling nine percent. The Board found that OWCP had used inconsistent methods for rating upper extremity impairment under…
A.G. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Cincinnati OH
A.G. (ECAB 15-0621): Left shoulder impairment award sent back
A.G., a postal letter carrier, sought a schedule award above four percent permanent impairment of her left arm. The Board found that OWCP had applied the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides inconsistently when choosing between diagnosis based and range of motion methods for upper extremity ratings…
Secretary of Labor v. Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
Unopposed penalty reopening granted
Lehigh Southwest Cement asked the Commission to reopen a penalty assessment that had become a final Commission order. The Secretary did not oppose the request. The Commission granted the motion without describing why the company missed the contest deadline. It remanded the matter to the Chief…
Secretary of Labor v. Munsen Paving, LLC
Certified-mail answer defeated default
Munsen Paving appeared to have missed the deadline to answer a show-cause order, which was then treated as a default order. The operator produced a certified-mail return receipt showing that it mailed its answer one day before the deadline and that delivery was recorded several days later. The…
Secretary of Labor v. Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
Split-docket oversight default reopened
Lehigh timely contested an assessment that MSHA later split into multiple dockets. The company answered a show-cause order in the companion docket but did not answer the separate order in this case; Lehigh said it had overlooked the split. The Secretary did not oppose reopening but urged Lehigh to…
Secretary of Labor v. Armstrong Cement & Supply Corporation
Unopposed penalty reopening granted
Armstrong Cement & Supply asked the Commission to reopen a penalty assessment that had become a final Commission order. The Secretary did not oppose the request. The Commission granted the motion without describing why the company missed the contest deadline. It remanded the matter to the Chief…
Secretary of Labor v. M-Class Mining, Inc. and M-Class Mining, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Labor v. M-Class Mining, Inc. (FMSHRC LAKE 2015-186-R, et al.): Personal-liability investigation given final deadline
MSHA sought $133,000 against M-Class Mining for allegedly failing to withdraw miners promptly after a ventilation-fan malfunction. The consolidated penalty and contest cases were stayed while the Secretary investigated possible personal liability under section 110(c), but the investigation remained…
Secretary of Labor v. Carroll County Stone, Inc.
Timely answer made default order a nullity
Carroll County Stone appeared to have missed the deadline to answer a show-cause order, which then became a default order. The operator said it had mailed its answer in the same envelope as a response for a sister company's case and that the Commission mixed up the two matters. Commission records…
Michael K. McNary v. Alcoa World Alumina, LLC
Threat-based interference claim required a hearing
Michael McNary, a miners' representative at an alumina plant, raised concerns while employees were responding to a leak of extremely hot slurry. He alleged that a supervisor then threatened to remove him as a miners' representative, from the department, and from the plant. An ALJ dismissed the…
M.N. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Melrose Park IL
M.N. (ECAB 17-0361): Schedule award claim not reopened
M.N., a postal employee, sought reconsideration of a denied schedule award for leg impairment. The Board reviewed only OWCP’s later decision declining to reopen the claim. It found that her objections to a physician’s prior evaluation repeated matters already considered and did not supply a new…
D.Y. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
D.Y. (ECAB 17-0098): Right hand occupational disease claim denied
D.Y., a Veterans Affairs housekeeping aid, attributed a right hand condition to repetitive work. The Board found that her general reference to daily housekeeping duties did not identify the particular tasks alleged to cause the condition. She also submitted no medical evidence diagnosing a right…
C.R. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Houston TX
C.R. (ECAB 17-0065): Lunch trip injury claim denied
C.R., a postal city carrier, reported a vehicle accident while traveling to lunch. OWCP asked for details needed to decide whether the accident occurred in the course of her work, but she did not answer those questions. The Board found that the record did not show where or how the accident occurred…
T.A. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Louisville KY
T.A. (ECAB 16-1809): Left arm impairment award sent back
T.A., a postal employee, sought an award above six percent permanent impairment of his left arm. His physician rated the impairment at 10 percent using range of motion, while OWCP physicians used a diagnosis based method and found six percent. The Board found OWCP’s methods for rating upper…
G.Z. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration Medical Center
G.Z. (ECAB 16-1538): Two merit review requests denied
G.Z., a Veterans Affairs employee, asked OWCP twice to reconsider its denial of his claim after a work-related vehicle accident. The underlying denial rested on the absence of a properly supported medical diagnosis tied to the accident. The Board found that his statements repeated an accepted fact…
M.D. and Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
M.D. (ECAB 16-1450): Heat injury claim denied
M.D., a border patrol agent, reported heat exhaustion while working on January 30, 2016. OWCP accepted that the incident occurred. The Board upheld the injury claim denial because he provided no physician’s diagnosis and reasoned medical explanation linking an injury to that incident. It separately…
United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Metropolitan Detention Center, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (Agency) and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 4052, Council of Prison Locals #33 (Union)
MDC Guaynabo and AFGE Local 4052 (FLRA 0-AR-5233): Unpaid lunch-break award upheld
Correctional employees at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo alleged that they frequently worked through unpaid lunch breaks without compensation. An arbitrator found that daily assignment rosters supported a reasonable inference of uncompensated work and that the agency had not rebutted…
Secretary of Labor v. Veris Gold USA, Inc., and its Successors
Civil-penalty case dismissed after liquidation
Earlier rulings found that Veris Gold discriminated against Daniel Lowe and Matthew Varady and directed the Secretary to pursue civil penalties. Veris was later liquidated, leaving no assets to pay penalties or personal relief. The bankruptcy court's sale order also barred successor-liability…
Daniel B. Lowe v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC and Matthew A. Varady v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC
Daniel B. Lowe and Matthew A. Varady v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2014-307 DM, WEST 2014-614 DM): Claimants declined futile payment orders
Daniel Lowe and Matthew Varady had established discrimination claims against Veris Gold in an earlier ruling. The judge also held that bankruptcy sale orders barred their claims against Jerritt Canyon Gold and other proposed successor entities. Lowe and Varady were offered the option to seek…
G.Y. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Youngstown OH
G.Y. (ECAB 16-1879): Both shoulder awards sent back
G.Y., a postal clerk, sought schedule awards above one percent impairment for each arm after accepted shoulder injuries. The Board found the case unready for a final award because OWCP had inconsistently applied the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides when rating upper extremity impairment. It…
B.D. and Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
B.D. (ECAB 16-1643): Left shoulder award sent back
B.D., a customs and border protection officer, sought more than a three percent permanent left arm impairment award after a shoulder injury. An OWCP second opinion physician rated 12 percent using range of motion, while OWCP’s medical adviser rated three percent using a diagnosis based method. The…
A.J. and U.S. Postal Service, Processing and Delivery Center, Stratford CT
A.J. (ECAB 16-1636): Oral hearing request abandoned
A.J., a postal mail handler, requested a hearing after OWCP denied her occupational disease claim. OWCP mailed notice of a telephone hearing more than 30 days before its scheduled date. The Board found that she did not appear, request postponement, or explain her absence within 10 days. It upheld…
B.H. and U.S. Postal Service, Central Annex, Chicago IL
B.H. (ECAB 16-1553): Injury denial and late hearing request upheld
B.H., a postal employee, claimed a left upper extremity injury after an accepted workplace incident. The Board found that her physicians did not explain how the incident caused her diagnosed carpal tunnel condition. It also found that she requested an oral hearing after the 30-day deadline and that…
L.T. and Department of Veterans Affairs, American Lake Medical Center
L.T. (ECAB 16-0585): Shoulder schedule award sent back
L.T., a Veterans Affairs social worker, sought an additional schedule award for accepted bilateral shoulder conditions. The Board found the case unready for a final impairment determination because OWCP had inconsistently applied the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides to upper extremity claims. It…
P.M. and Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau
P.M. (ECAB 16-0367): Leg award upheld, arm award sent back
P.M., a Census Bureau enumerator, sought higher schedule awards after a work-related vehicle accident injured her left ankle and wrist. The Board found no basis to increase her existing 10 percent left leg award because OWCP’s medical adviser properly rated the ankle under the diagnosis based…
Secretary of Labor v. Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Rib-condition photographs remained admissible
Peabody Midwest asked to exclude MSHA photographs and measurements concerning loose coal ribs because the inspector could not identify each item's precise underground location. The company argued that this uncertainty prevented a meaningful defense and made the evidence unfairly prejudicial. Judge…
R.M. and Department of the Navy, Pearl Harbor
R.M. (ECAB 17-0339): Intermittent disability claim denied
R.M., a Navy employee, sought wage loss compensation after OWCP accepted left ankle tibial tendinitis from a June 2014 work injury. The Board found that his physician discussed the ankle condition and several preexisting conditions but did not explain why the accepted injury caused total disability…
B.M. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Sandy UT
B.M. (ECAB 17-0324): Foot injury denial upheld on narrower ground
B.M., a postal distribution associate, reported foot pain after moving a pallet with a floor jack. The Board found that the work incident occurred as she described. It nevertheless upheld denial of the injury claim because her physician did not explain how the incident caused the diagnosed…
S.S. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Madison GA
S.S. (ECAB 17-0066): Parcel lifting incident accepted, injury issue returned
S.S., a rural carrier associate, reported abdominal pain and a hernia after reaching for a parcel in his delivery vehicle. OWCP had denied his claim because it found the account of the incident inconsistent. The Board found his account supported by a supervisor, a coworker, and the emergency room…
L.P. and Department of the Air Force, Sheppard Air Force Base
L.P. (ECAB 16-1446): Wage capacity ruling unchanged
L.P., an Air Force office automation clerk, sought to change a 1997 wage-earning capacity determination following an accepted knee injury. The Board found no evidence that the original determination was wrong, that her accepted medical condition materially changed, or that she had been vocationally…
J.K. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Bellmawr NJ
J.K. (ECAB 16-0847): Right arm award sent back
J.K., a postal automation clerk, sought more than a three percent permanent right arm impairment award. The Board found the case unready for a final rating because OWCP had applied diagnosis based and range of motion methods inconsistently to upper extremity claims. It directed OWCP to establish a…
S.H. and Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
S.H. (ECAB 15-0407): Left arm award sent back
S.H., a transportation security screener, sought a schedule award for accepted left arm and shoulder conditions. The Board found the case unready for decision because OWCP had applied the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides inconsistently in upper extremity claims. It directed OWCP to establish a…
Secretary of Labor v. Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Flagrant rib case stayed for related adjudications
MSHA alleged that Peabody Midwest committed a repeated flagrant rib-control violation and sought to rely on three related orders that were still being contested. Peabody argued that unproven orders could not establish a repeated violation and alternatively asked to stay this case until those…
J.P. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration Medical Center
J.P. (ECAB 17-0053): Late reconsideration request denied
J.P., a Veterans Affairs nursing assistant, sought reconsideration of an earlier decision on disability from an accepted toe fracture. OWCP received his request more than one year after the most recent merit decision. The Board found it untimely and concluded that his arguments and new radiology…
A.O. and U.S. Postal Service, Ansonia Station, New York NY
A.O. (ECAB 16-1804): Incomplete record returned to OWCP
A.O., a postal employee, appealed an OWCP decision that relied on medical notes from another claim file. Those notes were missing from the record sent to the Board. The Board held that it could not review a decision without the evidence OWCP had relied on. It directed OWCP to assemble and combine…
T.D. and Department of Defense, Holloman Air Force Base
T.D. (ECAB 16-1600): Medical benefits termination upheld
T.D., a Defense Department meat cutter, received treatment for accepted back sprains after lifting boxes at work. The Board found that an OWCP second opinion physician gave a reasoned assessment that the accepted sprains had resolved and required no further treatment. Later medical reports…
M.V. and U.S. Postal Service, Processing and Delivery Center, New York NY
M.V. (ECAB 16-1588): Right arm award sent back
M.V., a postal mail processing clerk, sought more than a 14 percent permanent right arm impairment award. The Board found that OWCP had applied diagnosis based and range of motion methods inconsistently to upper extremity claims under the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides. It directed OWCP to…
C.W. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Portland OR
C.W. (ECAB 16-1320): Shoulder recurrence claim denied
C.W., a postal expeditor, sought renewed medical treatment for an accepted right shoulder strain. The Board found a long gap in shoulder treatment and medical records focused largely on cervical conditions OWCP had not accepted. Her physicians did not adequately explain how the current need for…
P.C. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration Medical Center
P.C. (ECAB 16-1226): Benefits termination upheld
P.C., a Veterans Affairs employee, challenged termination of benefits for accepted lumbar radiculitis and claimed continuing disability and a related psychiatric condition. The Board credited an impartial physician’s opinion that the accepted back condition had resolved and required no further…
M.G. and U.S. Postal Service, Vehicle Maintenance Facility, Shaker Heights OH
M.G. (ECAB 16-0438): Arm impairment awards sent back
M.G., a postal vehicle maintenance employee, sought a ratable right arm impairment and more than one percent impairment of his left arm. The Board found the case unready for a final rating because OWCP had applied diagnosis based and range of motion methods inconsistently across upper extremity…
P.R. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration Medical Center
P.R. (ECAB 15-1379): Right arm award sent back
P.R., a Veterans Affairs claims examiner, sought more than a five percent permanent right arm impairment award after an accepted shoulder injury. The Board found that OWCP had applied upper extremity impairment methods inconsistently under the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides. It directed OWCP to…
Florence Copper, Inc.
In re Florence Copper, Inc. (EAB UIC Appeal No. 17-04): petition dismissed as untimely
Karen J. Wall asked the Environmental Appeals Board to review conditions of a Class III Underground Injection Control permit for Florence Copper, Inc.’s in-situ copper recovery facility near Florence, Arizona. EPA Region 9 served notice of its final permit decision on December 20, 2016, making…
Tri-iso TryLine, LLC f/k/a The TryLine Group, LLC
In re Tri-iso TryLine, LLC f/k/a The TryLine Group, LLC (EAB TSCA Appeal No. 17-02Q): $163,744 penalty paid and matter resolved
EPA alleged that Tri-iso TryLine, LLC, formerly known as The TryLine Group, LLC, violated the Toxic Substances Control Act’s chemical data reporting requirements. EPA’s complaint sought a $163,744 penalty. Tri-iso paid the penalty in full, which waived its right to contest the allegations and…
T.C. and Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
T.C. (ECAB 17-0353): Knee injury and reconsideration denials upheld
T.C., a federal compliance investigator, claimed a left knee injury after his foot slipped while leaving a government vehicle. The Board found that his physicians did not explain how that work incident caused the diagnosed knee condition; one physician had not addressed a later incident while…
D.R. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Birmingham AL
D.R. (ECAB 17-0307): Late reconsideration request denied
D.R., a former postal clerk, sought reconsideration of a prior ruling on disability from an accepted injury. She filed many years after the last merit decision. The Board found that she submitted no medical evidence showing incapacity to meet the filing deadline and no evidence showing clear error…
S.G. and U.S. Postal Service, South Arlington Station, Akron OH
S.G. (ECAB 16-1882): Five percent ankle award upheld
S.G., a postal city carrier assistant, sought more than a five percent right leg impairment award after an accepted ankle fracture and sprain. Her physician calculated 10 percent, but OWCP’s medical adviser found that the higher functional history grade was not supported by the record. The Board…
W.N. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Springfield VA
W.N. (ECAB 16-1722): Knee injury and reconsideration denials upheld
W.N., a postal mail carrier, claimed a right knee injury after his knee buckled while loading mail. The Board found that his physicians did not adequately explain how that incident caused or aggravated his diagnosed leg condition, particularly in light of preexisting knee conditions. His later…
J.R. and U.S. Postal Service, South Troost Station, Kansas City MO
J.R. (ECAB 16-1669): Arm impairment award sent back
J.R., a postal employee, sought awards above seven percent right arm impairment and five percent left arm impairment. The Board found the upper extremity ratings unready for final decision because OWCP had applied diagnosis based and range of motion methods inconsistently. It directed OWCP to…
B.E. and Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
B.E. (ECAB 16-1480): Back disability recurrence denied
B.E., an Internal Revenue Service employee, claimed that she could no longer perform limited duty after an accepted back injury. The Board found that her treating providers did not explain with objective findings why her ability to work changed on August 24, 2015. Reports described similar…
D.M. and U.S. Postal Service, Processing and Distribution Center, Southeastern PA
D.M. (ECAB 15-1304): Left arm award sent back
D.M., a postal data collection technician, sought more than a four percent permanent left arm impairment award. The Board found that OWCP had applied diagnosis based and range of motion methods inconsistently in upper extremity claims under the sixth edition of the A.M.A. Guides. It directed OWCP…
Ponderosa Compressor Station
In re Ponderosa Compressor Station (EAB NSR Appeal No. 16-02): petition dismissed
Tesoro Logistics, LP - Rockies asked the Environmental Appeals Board to dismiss its petition challenging a Tribal Minor New Source Review permit for the Ponderosa Compressor Station. The company represented that EPA Region 8 intended to issue a permit with revisions discussed between the parties…
Secretary of Labor on behalf of David Franklin Winslow, Jr. v. Walbridge Company and Imperial Crane Services, Inc.
New employment waived temporary reinstatement
The Secretary sought temporary reinstatement for David Winslow while MSHA investigated his discrimination complaint. After both employers requested an expedited hearing, Winslow reported that he had found another job and no longer wanted temporary reinstatement. Judge William B. Moran canceled the…
H.F. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Birmingham AL
H.F. (ECAB 17-0083): Late reconsideration request denied
H.F., a postal employee, sought reconsideration of an earlier decision that ended benefits for an accepted back sprain. OWCP received the request after the one-year deadline. The Board found that repeated medical reports and later records did not show clear error in the earlier termination ruling…
J.R. and Department of Veterans Affairs, Oakhurst Outpatient Clinic
J.R. (ECAB 17-0056): Claimed toxic exposure injury denied
J.R., a Veterans Affairs nurse, attributed symptoms to toxic fumes from a heating unit at work. The Board found that the record did not establish the alleged exposure: testing found no propane leak, a carbon monoxide monitor installed later showed zero in its memory readings, and a referral…
What these documents are
- The agencies: Federal workers' compensation appeals from the Department of Labor's Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB), federal-sector labor-relations cases from the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), Longshore Act and Black Lung Benefits Act appeals from the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB), precedent decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), environmental permit and penalty appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), and whistleblower and other labor appeals from the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB). Each decision page names its agency.
- Commission, Board and Authority decisions: Rulings by the agency's highest review level (the Commission at OSHRC and FMSHRC, the Authority at FLRA, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Review Board at Labor, and the Environmental Appeals Board at EPA). These are citable as precedent, though a decision may have been appealed to a U.S. Court of Appeals after issuance.
- ALJ decisions: Rulings by the agency's Administrative Law Judges after a hearing. When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.
- 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 public release from the deciding agency, and the full text on the page is that release. The plain-English summaries are written by Ezel.