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. Hanson Aggregates Southeast, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Hanson Aggregates Southeast, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2017-62, et al.): Fatality-related settlement reductions rejected
The parties proposed reducing total penalties across four dockets from $33,756 to $11,801, including large reductions to two orders arising from a haul truck that left a graded road and went over a 201-foot highwall, killing the operator. Hanson Aggregates suggested that a cardiac event might…
Secretary of Labor v. Staker & Parson Companies
Secretary of Labor v. Staker & Parson Companies (FMSHRC WEST 2017-134 M): Seat-belt citation vacated and loss-of-control penalty reduced
Staker & Parson Companies operated a sand and gravel pit where a haul truck traveled through a berm, down an 80-foot embankment, and into a partially flooded pit, killing the driver. MSHA cited the company for failing to maintain control of the truck and for the driver's alleged failure to wear a…
Secretary of Labor v. Taft Production Company
Secretary of Labor v. Taft Production Company (FMSHRC WEST 2013-908-M): Housekeeping and guarding violations upheld, seatbelt citation vacated
Taft Production mined and processed clay for products including cat litter. Judge Richard W. Manning upheld two housekeeping violations involving material in conveyor access areas, but reduced one negligence finding and removed the significant-and-substantial designation from the other. He affirmed…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.