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. Northshore Mining Company
Secretary of Labor v. Northshore Mining Company (FMSHRC LAKE 2015-340 M, et al.): Fifty-eight citations resolved for $33,764
Three Northshore Mining dockets involved 58 citations at an aboveground iron-ore processing and taconite-pellet facility in Minnesota. Judge Thomas P. McCarthy approved settlement of 54 citations for $30,261. Of the four litigated citations, he vacated a fall-protection allegation and affirmed…
Secretary of Labor v. Delta Concrete Products, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Delta Concrete Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2014-0117): Eight violations upheld and scale-road citation vacated
MSHA contested nine conditions at Delta Concrete Products' small Alaska gravel operation, including electrical wiring and grounding, a damaged handrail, an unstable ramp wall, and missed workplace examinations. Judge David P. Simonton upheld eight violations, including all five electrical citations…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.