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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Active Minerals Intl., LLC
Loader safety violations affirmed with $77,000 penalty
A contractor's loader operator was fatally run over after an unsecured passenger accidentally released the parking brake while the loader was stopped on an inclined ramp. Judge Priscilla M. Rae affirmed violations for transporting a passenger without a secure seat, leaving the loader bucket raised…
Sangravl Company
Eight violations resolved with $7,671 penalty
MSHA cited Sangravl for eight safety violations at its sand and gravel facility involving compressed-gas storage, exposed or damaged electrical conductors, a defective truck parking brake, an unsecured raised truck bed, a missing roadway berm, and unsafe access to a fuel tank. Judge David F…
Materials Delivery
Seven citations affirmed
Materials Delivery operated a sand and gravel pit that had not notified MSHA that operations had begun. Judge Arthur J. Amchan also found violations involving inoperative loader horns and a reverse alarm, unsecured compressed-gas cylinders, missing toilet facilities, and a raised loader bucket. He…
Carl Schlegel, Inc.
Mixed findings and $1,297 in penalties
Carl Schlegel operated a portable crushing plant and a dredging worksite in Michigan. Judge Arthur J. Amchan affirmed violations involving unguarded moving machine parts, a front-end loader bucket, a defective parking brake, an unguarded walkway, and a bridge without berms or guardrails, while…
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.