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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Lauhoff Grain Company
Rail-yard protection violation affirmed
Lauhoff operated a private rail switchyard while contractors performed construction near an active spur track. During a blind push, a Lauhoff engine backed six hopper cars into a parked forklift, crushing a contractor's employee between the forklift and a crane and killing him. The Commission held…
Kimball Office Furniture, Inc., A Div. Of Jasper Corp.
Derailer abatement extended six months
Kimball Office Furniture was cited for failing to install a derailer on a leased railroad spur track used at its plant. It did not timely contest the citation, so the violation became a final order, but it later sought more time to abate after the railroad owner denied permission to install the…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.