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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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Morrison-Knudsen & Associates
Exposed tunnel power cable violation found willful
Morrison-Knudsen was the prime contractor on a subway tunnel project where energized 480-volt and 7,200-volt cables lay on tunnel floors exposed to water, mud, debris, concrete, and moving equipment. The judge affirmed a single serious violation but refused to let the Secretary amend the case to…
Tunnel Electric Construction Co.
Exposed energized tunnel cables support serious violation
Energized 480-volt and 7,200-volt cables lay in mud, water, debris, and hardened concrete in subway tunnels where heavy equipment and employees operated. The Commission held that the rule requiring cables to be elevated or covered was not vague. The cables had suffered repeated damage, and their…
Fisk-Oesco Joint Venture
Three electrical and ladder items vacated, one plug-cover item affirmed without penalty
Fisk-Oesco Joint Venture was an electrical contractor installing circuits during construction of a hospital. OSHA cited a cracked welder receptacle with an exposed prong, a welder cable resting on a catwalk, a pipe-bender plug missing its wire-termination cover, and ladder rails that did not extend…
Anthony Izzo Company, Inc.
Unguarded masonry scaffolds and seven other items affirmed
Anthony Izzo Company was a masonry contractor with employees working on two tubular welded-frame scaffolds. The platforms were 15 and 19 feet above concrete, lacked guardrails, midrails, and toeboards, and had employees working below them where bricks or debris could fall. The judge found a serious…
Crain Electric, Inc.
Eight construction items vacated for lack of exposure proof
Crain Electric was an electrical subcontractor on a large power-station construction project with many other contractors. OSHA cited temporary wiring conditions, floor openings, floor holes, and unguarded elevated floors and proposed penalties totaling $145. The compliance officer did not observe…
C.E.C. Electrical Company
Fall-protection and electrical citations affirmed
C.E.C. Electrical employees worked around untagged deenergized circuits, exposed live parts, unprotected cables, and unsecured switchboxes. Another employee lay on a 24-inch-wide walkway suspended about 70 feet above the floor and leaned out to weld without guardrails, a safety belt, or a lifeline…
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.