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 Co., LLC
Twelve refinery process-safety violations affirmed
A boiler exploded during a refinery turnaround at Wynnewood's Oklahoma facility, killing two employees. The Commission held that OSHA's process safety management standard applied because the boiler was interconnected with covered refinery processes and was located where a release could involve…
BP Products North America, Inc., and BP-Husky Refining, LLC
Most refinery PSM items vacated
OSHA alleged 65 willful process safety management violations at BP’s Ohio refinery and proposed $2.87 million in penalties. Fifty-six items concerning pressure-relief equipment, cross-connections, and facility siting reached the Commission. The Commission vacated the pressure-relief items because…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.