Federal Agency Decisions
Workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), and environmental appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board, each with a plain-English summary, the standards it cites, and whether it counts as precedent. More agencies are coming.
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Bandas Industries Incorporated
Mixed citation results and $1,638 in penalties
Bandas Industries faced 24 alleged violations at its Nolanville Quarry Plant in two dockets. The judge approved a settlement for 18 citations, withdrew one citation for lack of expert testimony, and dismissed another because the inspector could not recall the relevant facts. Of the three remaining…
Seven Day Concrete, Inc.
Settlement approved for $2,680
MSHA alleged 16 violations of mandatory safety standards at Seven Day Concrete's Ellinger Plant and proposed total penalties of $2,680. The company agreed to pay the full proposed amount and withdraw its contest. Judge George A. Koutras approved the settlement and allowed payment of $670…
El Paso Sand Products, Inc.
Settlement proposals rejected or deferred
El Paso Sand Products proposed to settle six civil penalty proceedings involving 23 alleged violations for $6,626.25, compared with initial assessments totaling $8,835. The ALJ found that the parties' boilerplate descriptions of low negligence and low exposure conflicted with the inspection…
Sellersburg Stone Company
Settlements approved for $1,080
Sellersburg Stone faced 13 alleged safety violations at its stone mine under standards covering guarding, electrical equipment, and electrical bushings. Judge George A. Koutras reviewed the Secretary's explanation for reducing the proposed penalties and approved settlements totaling $1,080 across…
Sulphur Springs Stone Company
26 citations affirmed and $1,530 assessed
Sulphur Springs Stone Company operated a small stone mine in Kentucky with five employees. After the company did not appear at the hearing, Judge James A. Broderick reviewed the Secretary's evidence concerning 26 alleged violations found during an October 8, 1985 inspection. The violations included…
What these documents are
- The agencies: Workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), and environmental permit and penalty appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Each decision page names its agency.
- Commission and Board decisions: Rulings by the agency's highest review level (the Commission at OSHRC and FMSHRC, the Environmental Appeals Board at EPA). These are citable as precedent, though a decision may have been appealed to a U.S. Court of Appeals after issuance.
- ALJ decisions: Rulings by the agency's Administrative Law Judges after a hearing. When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.
- 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 public release from the deciding agency, and the full text on the page is that release. The plain-English summaries are written by Ezel.