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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Wynnewood Refining Company
Delayed flare-line replacement was willful and drew a $63,000 penalty
Wynnewood Refining Company operated an Oklahoma petroleum refinery that used hydrofluoric acid in its alkylation unit. OSHA alleged that the company violated the process safety management standard by failing to correct deficiencies in the unit's flare line before further use or in a safe and timely…
Copperhead Chemical Company
Commission remands process-safety case for settlement review
Copperhead Chemical Company faced process-safety-management citation items involving safety information for an explosive chemical product and changes to its mixing process. An earlier ALJ order had vacated three items concerning the initial compilation of process safety information because the work…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.