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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Wenczel Tile Company; R. T. Vanderbilt Company
Asbestos citations vacated for lack of knowledge
Wenczel used NYTAL 99 industrial talc supplied by R. T. Vanderbilt, and OSHA alleged that the product contained asbestos fibers requiring caution labels, exposure monitoring, and employee medical examinations. The Commission agreed with the judge that NYTAL 99 contained asbestos fibers. It…
Borg-Warner Corporation
Serious asbestos exposure citation affirmed
At Borg-Warner's plumbing-products plant, an employee dusted plaster molds with NYTAL 200 talc in a visibly dusty operation. Multiple laboratory analyses found airborne fiber concentrations above the ceiling limit in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.93a(b)(3), and NIOSH electron microscopy and diffraction analysis…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.