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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The Davey Tree Surgery Company
Logging items vacated and $300 reporting penalty affirmed
A Davey Tree employee was fatally struck during tree removal in a utility right-of-way. Following Commission precedent in companion Davey Tree cases, the judge found the work was line clearance rather than logging, so the logging standard did not apply. The evidence also showed training on tree…
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Line-clearance logging citations vacated
A Davey Tree crew was felling dead trees near power lines when two trees fell toward the crew and one fatally struck an employee. OSHA pursued two logging-standard items concerning first-aid kit contents and spacing between workers. The Commission applied its companion Davey Tree decision and held…
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Logging citation vacated for utility line-clearance work
A Davey Tree crew was clearing trees near utility lines when a falling tree struck other trees and dislodged a limb that fatally injured an employee. OSHA cited the company under the logging rule for inadequate spacing between workers. The Commission held that the logging standard covers 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.