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. APAC-Kansas, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. APAC-Kansas, Inc. (FMSHRC CENT 2015-1 M): Highwall, guarding, training and workplace-exam citations all upheld
APAC-Kansas runs the Bonner Springs limestone quarry in Kansas, where MSHA opened a multi-week inspection in July 2014 and issued 32 citations and orders. The parties settled 27 of them, and Judge Jacqueline R. Bulluck tried the remaining four citations and one order. She upheld all five. Two…
Secretary of Labor v. Park County Road & Bridge
Secretary of Labor v. Park County Road & Bridge (FMSHRC WEST 2016-237): Cleanup-day training dispute requires more facts
Park County held a community cleanup event on county property near its temporarily idle Nine Pit, using a waste contractor, dumpsters, and a front-end loader. MSHA cited the county for failing to provide hazard training to five contractor employees and failing to provide the contractor with…
Secretary of Labor v. Hammerlund Construction, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Hammerlund Construction, Inc. (FMSHRC LAKE 2014-124-M): Crusher stockpiles fell within MSHA jurisdiction
Hammerlund operated a portable crusher at a county-owned gravel pit and disputed whether MSHA jurisdiction extended beyond the crusher to the unprocessed dump and processed stockpile. Judge Jacqueline R. Bulluck found that Hammerlund retrieved material from the dump, controlled the crushing and…
Secretary of Labor, MSHA v. Apex Quarry, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Apex Quarry, LLC (FMSHRC KENT 2010-784-M): Equipment and training citations split
MSHA brought thirteen training, electrical, mobile-equipment, guarding, and roadway allegations against Apex Quarry, a small Kentucky limestone operation. Judge Thomas P. McCarthy affirmed six citations involving an incomplete training plan, defective parking brakes and headlights, and an uncovered…
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.