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. Couch Aggregates, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Couch Aggregates, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2014-455, SE 2015-29 M): Disputed injury facts required a hearing
A Couch Aggregates miner was injured in an electrical control room, and MSHA cited the operator for not reporting within 15 minutes an accident that allegedly had a reasonable potential to cause death. Couch sought partial summary decision, arguing that the miner recovered quickly and that the…
Secretary of Labor v. Sierra Rock Products, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Sierra Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2010-1390-RM): Electrical-order negligence and unwarrantable failure remanded
Sierra Rock's owner reached into an energized electrical panel and flipped breakers after an MSHA inspector told him to shut off the plant's main power before opening the panel. A judge affirmed the violation and S&S designation but removed unwarrantable failure, reduced negligence from reckless…
Sierra Rock Products, Inc.
Sierra Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2010-1589-M): Electrical and access violations yield $23,643 penalty
Sierra Rock Products contested electrical, fall-protection, access, guarding, training, and equipment citations at its small California quarry and crusher. Judge Richard W. Manning upheld two imminent-danger orders, found several violations S&S, and affirmed or modified every litigated citation. He…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.