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. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC (FMSHRC PENN 2014-816): Delayed fatal-potential injury report affirmed
A contractor miner was crushed between multi-ton machines, could not move or feel one leg, developed abdominal swelling suggesting internal bleeding, and was evacuated by Life Flight. Consol waited roughly two hours after the accident to notify MSHA. The Commission unanimously held that section…
Secretary of Labor v. Black Beauty Coal Company
Secretary of Labor v. Black Beauty Coal Company (FMSHRC LAKE 2008-378-R, et al.): Accident-site citation remanded, examination-order vacatur affirmed
Black Beauty resumed mining and altered a roof-fall scene after reporting the incident to MSHA, and an ALJ affirmed an accident-site preservation citation after cutting short the hearing. The Commission held that an actual accident, meaning an injury with a reasonable potential to cause death…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.