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…
Contractors Sand & Gravel, Incorporated
Seven-docket settlement approved
Contractors Sand & Gravel faced seven civil penalty petitions involving citations at the Montague Plant and Scott River Plant. The petitions arose after proposed assessments became final orders when the respondent did not timely request hearings or answer the Secretary's petitions. The Commission…
Daanen & Janssen, Inc.
Braking and control violations affirmed
Daanen & Janssen operated a limestone quarry where a front-end loader ran through a berm and fell to the quarry floor, fatally injuring its operator. The Commission affirmed the judge's findings that the company violated requirements to maintain a loader's braking system and keep control of mobile…
Daanen & Janssen, Inc.
Consolidated loader-accident citations modified and vacated
Daanen & Janssen operated a limestone quarry where a front-end-loader operator died after the loader went through a berm and fell from an elevated roadway. Judge David Barbour reviewed four citations arising from the accident and related civil penalty proceedings. He modified two citations by…
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.