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. Rock Products, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC CENT 2017-397, CENT 2017-432, CENT 2017-433): Equipment citations assessed at $24,984
Rock Products contested citations from three inspections of its New Mexico sand-and-gravel operation. Judge Margaret A. Miller affirmed violations involving an unchocked loader, damaged access steps, an unguarded tail pulley, a defective parking brake, oil near loader controls, nonfunctional…
Secretary of Labor v. Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2015-850 M): Eleven violations upheld and nine dismissed
Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc., an underground gold operator, challenged 22 citations involving its Sixteen to One and Plumbago mines across seven dockets. Judge William B. Moran held that Plumbago was a mine under the Mine Act and rejected the operator's claim that the proposed penalties would…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.