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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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Infra-Red Building and Power Service Inc.
Electrical safety citations split
Infra-Red employees replaced batteries in an energized uninterruptible power supply at a police station, and one employee sustained a serious hand burn during the work. OSHA issued four serious electrical-safety citation items addressing training, safety-related work practices, personal protective…
Jersey City Medical Center
Electrical-safety and willful training violations affirmed
A Jersey City Medical Center maintenance mechanic received an electric shock while working on a 277-volt light fixture, fell from a ladder, and later died from his injuries. OSHA cited the hospital for failing to deenergize live parts, use electrical lockout/tagout procedures, maintain compliant…
Jacobs Field Services, North America
Electrical PPE violation affirmed
An apprentice electrician suffered an arc flash while terminating wiring in a 480-volt disconnect after removing protective gloves, a face shield, and a hood under the employer’s work practice. The load side was de-energized, but energized line-side components remained inches away and the arc…
Appleton Grp LLC, dba Appleton Group
All citation items vacated
Appleton Group manufactured and tested heating cable systems at its Connecticut facility. OSHA alleged hazards involving extruding-line emergency stops, electrical-panel access, cable-testing work practices and protective equipment, an exit sign, and a portable propane cylinder. The judge found…
Solares Electrical Services, Inc.
Arc-flash PPE and insulated-tool citations vacated
Solares Electrical Services updated an energy-monitoring system at a Miami hospital where an electrician was burned by an arc flash after entering an energized transfer-switch cabinet. The employee first caused a spark and fire alarm, was told by his foreman to wait, but reentered the locked work…
Stewart Electric Co., Inc.
Arc-flash citations vacated for lack of employer knowledge
A Stewart Electric crew leader and helper were severely burned by an arc flash while replacing a circuit breaker inside an energized 480-volt panel at an automobile dealership. The crew leader did not use the two sets of protective equipment supplied at the site and used a non-insulated…
Delta Elevator Service Corp., d/b/a Delta Beckwith Elevator Co.
Electrical PPE citation vacated because construction standards applied
Delta Elevator Service was hired by a demolition project's general contractor to operate a building elevator so workers and materials could move between floors. OSHA cited Delta under a general-industry electrical PPE standard after mechanics performed diagnostic and operating work on the elevator…
Extendicare Health Care Services, Inc., d/b/a Arbors at Delaware
General-duty ladder item vacated for lack of employer knowledge
Arbors at Delaware was a skilled nursing facility where its maintenance director fell about nine feet while descending from an attic using a six-foot stepladder. He broke his wrist, suffered a head injury, and remained in a coma at the time of the hearing. The judge found that standing on the…
GEM, Inc.
Electrical PPE and insulated-equipment items affirmed after an arc blast
GEM repaired an electrical power system at a county courthouse after lightning damage, and an arc blast occurred while its crew performed a polarity test on energized equipment. The judge found that replacing the damaged bus section was maintenance rather than construction, so the general industry…
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.