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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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Randall Mechanical, Inc.
Late-contest case remanded for an excusable-neglect hearing
OSHA issued Randall Mechanical a serious citation under 29 C.F.R. § 1926.350(a)(10), but the company filed its notice of contest after the statutory deadline. After an earlier appeal, the judge dismissed the case on the ground that the Commission lacked jurisdiction to grant relief from the final…
The Thomas J. Dyer Company
Gas-cylinder storage item vacated
The Thomas J. Dyer Company kept oxygen and fuel-gas cylinders in separate compartments of a steel cage while performing daily welding and cutting work at a medical-center project. The judge found that OSHA did not prove the cylinders were “in storage” because the cage was accessed as needed and gas…
E.C. Stokes Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
Misplaced citation did not excuse late contest
E.C. Stokes was installing plumbing and air-conditioning systems at a Florida hospital project when OSHA cited two serious oxygen and acetylene cylinder-storage violations. The proposed penalties totaled $4,760. An experienced office employee received the certified citation, scanned it, believed it…
National Steel Erection, Inc.
Gas-cylinder barrier violation affirmed
National Steel Erection stored oxygen, acetylene, and propane cylinders on a rack at a Tennessee construction site. The oxygen and acetylene cylinders were adjacent to each other behind a quarter-inch metal partition with one-inch gaps on both sides. The judge found that the partition lacked the…
B & B Underground Contractors
Excavation and gas-cylinder violations yield $8,000 penalty
B & B Underground Contractors operated a deep boring pit for a wastewater pipeline project in Alabama. The judge affirmed a serious violation for unsecured gas cylinders and found that the pit's only ramp was unsafe and more than 25 feet from employees' work area. Water was accumulating in the pit…
Star Brite Construction Co., Inc.
Willful roof-edge violations and cylinder items affirmed
Star Brite replaced large low-pitched roofs at a New Jersey bus complex where employees worked near 25-foot-high unprotected edges and handled roofing materials at the roof edge. The Commission affirmed violations of the general built-up-roofing and roof-edge material-handling fall-protection…
A. J. McNulty & Company, Inc.
Mixed ruling on fall protection during precast concrete erection
A. J. McNulty & Company was erecting a precast concrete parking garage in White Plains, New York, when OSHA cited numerous fall-protection and other safety violations. The Commission rejected McNulty's request to exclude inspection evidence, finding that OSHA substantially honored the company's…
CB&I Constructors, Inc.
Commission approves settlement of gas-cylinder and scaffold case
CB&I Constructors was performing construction work at a wastewater treatment facility in Bellaire, Ohio. OSHA cited the company for storing oxygen and acetylene cylinders without the required separation and for leaving a scaffold platform more than 14 inches from the work face without guardrails or…
AIA Environmental
Unsecured-cylinder item affirmed, two items vacated
AIA Environmental performed interior demolition at an office building in Connecticut. OSHA found unsecured oxygen and acetylene cylinders, cited their close placement, and alleged that AIA did not make its written hazard-communication program available upon request. The judge affirmed 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.