Federal Agency Decisions
Workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), and environmental appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board, each with a plain-English summary, the standards it cites, and whether it counts as precedent. More agencies are coming.
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Vurnun Edwurd Jaxun v. Asarco, LLC
Pro se right clarified but dismissal left standing
Vurnun Edwurd Jaxun filed his own Mine Act discrimination complaint after MSHA found no violation, and an administrative law judge later dismissed it without prejudice after ordering him to obtain representation. On review, the Commission majority held that the Mine Act, the Administrative…
Faith Coal Company
Multiple citation rulings affirmed, one issue remanded
Faith Coal Company operated the No. 15 Mine, an underground coal mine in Tennessee. The Commission affirmed findings involving unsupported roof, roof-control-plan violations, and sightline use, and it affirmed that the Secretary could not use a prior probation proceeding to establish the alleged…
Faith Coal Co.
Late brief accepted and dismissal denied
Faith Coal failed to file its opening brief after the Commission granted discretionary review. After receiving a show-cause order, the company explained that it was a pro se operator and did not know that a written designation was required. The Commission excused the late response, accepted Faith's…
Secretary of Labor v. Faith Coal Co.
Commission ordered Faith Coal to show cause
The Commission had granted Faith Coal's petition for discretionary review, but Faith did not file the required opening brief or designate its petition as its brief. The Secretary moved to dismiss the appeal for failure to prosecute. The Commission ordered Faith to show cause within 14 days why the…
What these documents are
- The agencies: Workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), and environmental permit and penalty appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Each decision page names its agency.
- Commission and Board decisions: Rulings by the agency's highest review level (the Commission at OSHRC and FMSHRC, the Environmental Appeals Board at EPA). These are citable as precedent, though a decision may have been appealed to a U.S. Court of Appeals after issuance.
- ALJ decisions: Rulings by the agency's Administrative Law Judges after a hearing. When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.
- 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 public release from the deciding agency, and the full text on the page is that release. The plain-English summaries are written by Ezel.