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…
Price-Potashnick-Codell-Oman, a Joint Venture
Pipeline-equipment noise case remanded
Price-Potashnick-Codell-Oman used earth-moving vehicles while constructing part of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. OSHA alleged that twelve vehicles generated excessive noise without feasible engineering controls, but the judge vacated the citation because operators wore hearing protection and the…
Luhr Brothers Inc.
Federal-project noise citations reinstated
Luhr Brothers was an excavation subcontractor on an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in Missouri. OSHA cited construction noise-control, hearing-conservation, and guardrail violations. The judge dismissed the case on the ground that Corps safety requirements displaced OSHA coverage…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.