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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Morrison-Knudsen, Inc.
Tunnel hearing-protection item vacated
Morrison-Knudsen constructed tunnels for the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant and supplied hearing protection to employees exposed to high noise levels. OSHA cited the company after dosimeters showed excessive cumulative noise doses and a compliance officer briefly observed two locomotive operators…
Morrison-Knudsen & Associates
Noise-exposure violations affirmed
Morrison-Knudsen was constructing antiballistic-missile facilities in North Dakota. Noise measurements described in the attached judge's decision ranged from 100 to 112 dBA, and employees performing grinding, impact-wrench, and air-arcing work were observed without hearing protection. Although 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.