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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Blount International, LTD.
Storage and electrical items affirmed, crane item vacated
Blount International was the general contractor building an aircraft hangar at Westover Air Force Base. The Commission affirmed a material-storage item because heavy structural steel was stored on deteriorated supports in a way that could allow it to spread or tilt. It also affirmed two electrical…
Williams Enterprises, Inc.
Willful steel-erection violations affirmed after fatal collapse
Williams erected structural steel for a school addition where part of the framework collapsed, killing one employee and injuring two others. The judge excluded the company's proposed expert witness and affirmed five willful steel-erection items. The Commission held that excluding the witness was…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.