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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Jeppesen Gravel
Sixteen violations upheld with penalties reduced to $1,482
Jeppesen Gravel was a very small, seasonal Iowa sand-and-gravel operation run by its owner and his son. MSHA issued 16 citations involving rollover protection, seatbelts, conveyor guarding, electrical hazards, berms, a missing fire-warning sign, harassment of an inspector, and denial of inspection…
REB Enterprises, Inc.
Remand findings reduce unwarrantable-failure allegations
REB Enterprises and two employees were involved in six civil penalty matters remanded by the Commission for further analysis of alleged unwarrantable failure. Judge Avram Weisberger found the Secretary's hearsay evidence insufficient to establish aggravated conduct on the seat-belt and guarding…
REB Enterprises, Inc. and Harold Miller and Richard Berry
Seat-belt and guarding rulings split on review
The Commission reviewed civil penalty proceedings involving REB Enterprises, a limestone quarry, and alleged seat-belt, equipment, and guarding violations. It affirmed the judge’s conclusion that the Secretary had not proved unwarrantable failure for one haul-truck seat-belt violation, reversed…
REB Enterprises Incorporated
Mixed rulings and $2,400 penalty
REB Enterprises operated a limestone quarry in Arkansas. Judge Avram Weisberger considered citations and orders involving electrical testing, seat belts, equipment windows, machine guarding, and individual liability under the Mine Act. He found some violations, dismissed or withdrew other matters…
GFD Construction Company, Incorporated
Seven citations affirmed and $220 in penalties assessed
MSHA cited GFD Construction at its Green's Pit for seven violations involving a rented front-end loader and dredge equipment. Judge David F. Barbour found that the loader lacked a seat belt, its backup alarm and horn were not functional, its parking brakes did not hold, and three dredge drives…
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.