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…
Secretary of Labor v. Greenbrier Minerals, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Greenbrier Minerals, LLC (FMSHRC WEVA 2015-1002): Late penalty petition accepted after clerical oversight
Greenbrier Minerals timely contested a citation, but an inexperienced MSHA employee inadvertently overlooked the contest and the Secretary missed the 45-day deadline for filing the penalty petition. MSHA discovered the oversight months later and promptly moved for permission to file out of time…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.