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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American Cyanamid Company
Label ruling narrowed but safety-data-sheet item affirmed
American Cyanamid manufactured resins and molding compounds for shipment to plastics-industry customers. OSHA alleged that several container labels lacked appropriate target-organ warnings and that material safety data sheets omitted short-term exposure limits. The Commission rejected OSHA's…
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Particleboard hazard communication items vacated
OSHA cited Louisiana-Pacific's Montana particleboard plant for three alleged violations of the Hazard Communication Standard and proposed $1,000. The items concerned formaldehyde warnings on particleboard shipping labels, warnings on stationary formaldehyde tanks, and safety data sheets for…
Monsanto Company
Styrene label citation withdrawn under settlement
OSHA cited Monsanto's hazard communication materials for styrene monomer, inhibited, without proposing a penalty. The judge affirmed portions of the label-warning item and a material safety data sheet item. In settlement, Monsanto agreed to add warnings that excessive overexposure can affect the…
Emery Chemicals, Division of National Distillers & Chemical Corporation
Hazard communication settlement approved
OSHA cited Emery Chemicals for alleged deficiencies in labels and material safety data sheets for several specialty chemical products. The judge held that labels for four corrosive products lacked appropriate target-organ warnings and affirmed that item as other-than-serious. The judge found that…
Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division
Acetylene label citation withdrawn and vacated
OSHA cited Union Carbide over hazard communication requirements for acetylene shipped to manufacturing customers. The judge vacated an item concerning written hazard-determination procedures but affirmed an other-than-serious item because the acetylene label did not warn that the gas could displace…
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.