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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Charles W. Mason, DDS, & Associates, PLLC
Chemical training and sharps disposal violations affirmed
Clinical assistants at an orthodontic practice handled hydroquinone film-developing solution without effective hazard training and disposed of blood- or saliva-contaminated dental wires in plastic trash bags. The Commission found the chemical hazardous and held that training begun after OSHA's…
Genesis HealthCare Corp. d/b/a Cooper River East Center
Needle-safety violations affirmed and sharps item vacated
Genesis operated a nursing home where an employee sustained a needlestick from a prefilled syringe that lacked a built-in guard. The judge found that nurses had used prefilled syringes without the required add-on needle guards and that Genesis could not show reliable annual training or records…
Marcella Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Cinnaminson Nursing Center, and Geriatric Medical Services, Cooper River, East
EAJA eligibility remanded for parent-control findings
Three nursing facilities prevailed when the judge vacated their bloodborne-pathogen citations and then sought attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Each facility independently met the employee and net-worth limits, but their parent company, Genesis Health Ventures…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.