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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Essroc Cement Corp. v. Secretary of Labor
Essroc Cement Corp. v. Secretary of Labor (FMSHRC WEVA 2014-818 RM): Late imminent-danger contest accepted
Essroc Cement received an imminent-danger withdrawal order but missed the 30-day deadline to seek Commission review. Its safety manager mistakenly expected the order to appear in a later proposed penalty assessment and did not understand that an imminent-danger order carries no assessment that…
Jones Bros Mfg, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Jones Bros Mfg, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor (FMSHRC CENT 2015-386-RM): Late imminent-danger contest allowed
Jones Bros sought review of an imminent-danger withdrawal order after the 30-day contest deadline had passed. The company had timely contested a related citation but said it lacked prior experience and did not understand that the withdrawal order had a separate deadline. Counsel later explained the…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.