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. Lone Mountain Processing, Inc. and Lone Mountain Processing, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Labor v. Lone Mountain Processing, Inc. (FMSHRC KENT 2014-817, et al.): Rock-burst citations settled for $75,000
A rock burst during deep-cover retreat mining at Lone Mountain Processing's Huff Creek mine killed continuous-miner operator Lenny Gilliam and seriously injured two other miners. MSHA issued three citations alleging failures to respond to pressure data, follow retreat-mining protocol, and stop…
Secretary of Labor v. The American Coal Company
Secretary of Labor v. The American Coal Company (FMSHRC LAKE 2011-13): Unsupported blanket penalty reduction denied on reconsideration
The Secretary asked Judge William B. Moran to reconsider an earlier denial of a settlement that cut every penalty for 32 citations by 30 percent without changing any citation, gravity finding, or negligence finding. The renewed motion supplied no additional citation-specific facts and argued that…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.