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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International Diving Services
Five diving safety citations affirmed by default
OSHA cited International Diving Services after a commercial diving inspection inside a 500,000-gallon water tank. The citations alleged failures involving confined-space entry certification, permit verification, hazardous-energy controls, assessment of underwater hazards, and briefing the dive team…
Suttles Truck Leasing, Inc.
Seven violations affirmed with reduced penalties
Suttles washed tank trailers that had carried hazardous chemicals, and employees sometimes entered the washed tanks for inspection or residue removal. The Commission held that the tanks remained permit-required confined spaces after washing because the washing process was part of the company's…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.