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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DaNite Sign Co.
Aerial-lift controls violation affirmed
DaNite Sign used truck-mounted crane booms and attached platforms to raise employees for sign installation. Three platforms lacked upper controls, and a fourth crane's lower controls could not override the upper controls in an emergency. The Commission held that the standard applied because DaNite…
Arizona Public Service Co.
Full controls required on each aerial-lift platform
Arizona Public Service used a truck-mounted double-spinner aerial lift with two employee platforms. One platform had full boom, trolley, and swinger-arm controls, while the other could control only its swinger arm, brake, and dump valve. The Commission held that applicability turned on whether 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.