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. West Ridge Resources, Incorporated
Secretary of Labor v. West Ridge Resources, Incorporated (FMSHRC WEST 2013-232, WEST 2013-722): Missed scrubber check brings $30,000 penalty
West Ridge Resources operated an underground coal mine where a crew cut 30 feet before completing the required scrubber-velocity check on a continuous miner. Judge Jacqueline R. Bulluck credited the MSHA inspector's account and found that the foreman's instruction to start mining violated 30 C.F.R…
David Stanley Consultants, LLC
David Stanley Consultants, LLC (FMSHRC WEVA 2012-498-R): Four citations vacated and two training citations left for further proceedings
After the Upper Big Branch explosion, MSHA cited David Stanley Consultants, a staffing contractor whose employees worked underground at the mine, for training and examination violations. Judge Margaret A. Miller held that the company was an independent contractor subject to the Mine Act because it…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.