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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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Daniel B. Lowe v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC
Daniel B. Lowe v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2014-614 DM): Discovery allowed on additional successor entities
Daniel Lowe sought to add several Whitebox and Sprott entities and individuals as successors liable for discrimination committed by Veris Gold. Judge William B. Moran had already added Jerritt Canyon Gold, the purchaser and new mine operator, but found the existing assertions insufficient to decide…
Matthew A. Varady v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC
Matthew A. Varady v. Veris Gold USA, Inc. and Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2014-307 DM): Discovery authorized on proposed successors
After proving discrimination by Veris Gold, Matthew Varady sought to add Whitebox-related entities and individuals as successors alongside Jerritt Canyon Gold. Judge William B. Moran held that the Commission had jurisdiction to determine successor status, but that Varady's allegations and the…
Secretary of Labor v. Brody Mining, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Brody Mining, LLC (FMSHRC WEVA 2014-82-R, et al.): POV dismissal vacated and pattern standard defined
An ALJ invalidated Brody Mining's pattern-of-violations notice before taking evidence because the Secretary had not clearly explained how the listed citations formed a pattern. On interlocutory review, the Commission held that the ALJ had jurisdiction because contests of section 104(e) withdrawal…
Secretary of Labor v. Kirk Fenoff & Son Excavating
Secretary of Labor v. Kirk Fenoff & Son Excavating (FMSHRC YORK 2014-28-M): Mine Act interrogatories presumptively limited to 25
Kirk Fenoff & Son initially served 64 interrogatories in a case involving two related highwall orders, then reduced the request to 39 after court-directed discussions. The Secretary sought a 25-question limit. Judge William B. Moran held that Commission procedural rules govern the scope of…
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.