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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Nuprecon LP dba Nuprecon Acquisition LP
Fall-protection citation remanded
Nuprecon employees used a Bobcat to push demolition debris through a 21-foot-wide open edge about 36.5 feet above a lower level. OSHA cited the company for inadequate fall protection and failure to retrain employees. The judge vacated both items, ruling on his own that the work was demolition…
Equity Residential Development Corporation
Roofing safety citations affirmed by default
OSHA cited Equity Residential Development Corporation after workers were observed performing roofing work without fall protection at a height of 10.3 feet. The citation alleged that the company failed to have a competent person conduct adequate jobsite inspections and failed to retrain employees on…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.