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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Secretary of Labor v. R. J. McDonald, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. R. J. McDonald, Inc. (FMSHRC YORK 2017-136): Interlocutory settlement review denied
A Commission judge denied two proposed settlements because the Secretary had not supplied enough supporting information, then certified those rulings for interlocutory review. The proposed changes would have removed significant-and-substantial and unwarrantable-failure designations from one…
Secretary of Labor v. Tripple H Coal, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Tripple H Coal, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2010-78): Auger-helper noise citation affirmed
An MSHA full-shift sample found that a coal-auger helper at Tripple H Coal's Auger #1 mine received a noise dose of 150 percent, above the 132 percent permissible level including the error factor. The miner wore hearing protection, so the inspector treated hearing loss as unlikely and the violation…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.