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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Secretary of Labor v. Clayton's Calcium Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Clayton's Calcium Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2014-966 M): Default order was a nullity because the operator did answer
Clayton's Calcium was held in default after the Chief Administrative Law Judge concluded it never answered MSHA's petition for civil penalties. The company had in fact filed a timely response to the show-cause order, but it wrote the docket number of a different case involving the same mine, WEST…
Secretary of Labor v. Leeco Incorporated
Secretary of Labor v. Leeco Incorporated (FMSHRC KENT 2012-166): Penalty cut to $4,500 on remand after Commission found no negligence
A continuous mining machine operator at Leeco's No. 68 Mine was fatally pinned against the rib in June 2010 after entering the machine's red zone, two months after the mine superintendent had counseled him about operating too close to that zone. Leeco stipulated to the violation of its roof control…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.