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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Hardaway Constructors, Inc.
Marine-construction item withdrawn
Citation item 5 originally alleged a nonserious violation of section 1918.13(a) and was later amended to section 1926.605(a)(1), with no penalty proposed. The judge vacated the item, and the Secretary obtained discretionary review. In the settlement, the Secretary withdrew both the review petition…
Perini Corporation
Commission affirms a $110 flotation-vest violation for construction work performed from a barge
Perini Corporation employees worked from an unguarded barge on the Mystic River while placing rip-rap to prevent shoreline erosion and assisting a diver cutting holes in an underwater steel bulkhead. No crew member wore a flotation device. The Commission held that this work was construction, not…
John F. Beasley Construction Company
Bridge-construction violations affirmed
John F. Beasley Construction erected structural steel for an interstate bridge over the Mississippi River. OSHA cited long single-cleat ladders, uncertified lifting equipment, ironworkers working more than 50 feet above land and water without fall protection, and a girder released from its hoisting…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.