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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Jonathan Bethel Woodward v. Carmeuse Lime and Stone
Jonathan Bethel Woodward v. Carmeuse Lime and Stone (FMSHRC SE 2016-59 DM): MSHA ordered to submit withheld interviews for private review
After MSHA declined to litigate Jonathan Woodward's discrimination complaint, he brought his own section 105(c)(3) case against Carmeuse Lime and Stone. Carmeuse sought MSHA's investigative file, but the agency withheld two interview statements under internal subpoena rules, the Privacy Act, and…
Jonathan Bethel Woodward v. Carmeuse Lime and Stone
Jonathan Bethel Woodward v. Carmeuse Lime and Stone (FMSHRC SE 2016-59-DM): MSHA ordered to submit discrimination investigation file
Jonathan Woodward brought his own Mine Act discrimination case against Carmeuse Lime and Stone after an MSHA investigation. Carmeuse requested a subpoena for MSHA's investigative file, while an earlier Freedom of Information Act request faced a delay that would make production too late for the…
Bonham Concrete, Inc.
Bonham Concrete, Inc. (FMSHRC CENT 2011-49-M): Accountant subpoena granted for ability-to-pay records
Bonham Concrete asserted that it could not pay a proposed $23,857 civil penalty. The Secretary asked to subpoena the company's accountant for tax returns, financial statements, asset and debt records, financing documents, corporate minutes, and sale records. Judge Thomas P. McCarthy held 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.