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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. Iron Mountain Quarry LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Iron Mountain Quarry LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2024-0218): Impact-inspection citations largely affirmed
MSHA issued numerous citations during an impact inspection of Iron Mountain's quarry, including housekeeping violations, falling-material hazards under conveyor belts, an unsafe sagging catwalk, and a missing electrical cover plate. After a two-day hearing, the Judge credited the inspectors'…
Secretary of Labor v. Lehigh Cement Company, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Lehigh Cement Company, LLC (FMSHRC PENN 2022-0133): Twelve-citation settlement approved
The settlement resolved 12 citations at Lehigh Cement's Nazareth Plant I, including missing or damaged conveyor guards, extensive housekeeping hazards, and unsafe access beside a pond with a nine-foot drop. The agreement reduced several negligence and gravity findings, removed S&S from three…
Secretary of Labor v. Southwest Rock Products, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Southwest Rock Products, LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2016-0001): Original release of the decision vacating the housekeeping citation
This is the original release of Judge William B. Moran's decision in the Southwest Rock Products housekeeping case, later reissued as an amended decision to fix a typo in the A.C. number. The company runs Portable #1, a two-person sand and gravel mine in Pinal County, Arizona. An MSHA inspector…
Secretary of Labor v. Southwest Rock Products, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Southwest Rock Products, LLC (FMSHRC WEST 2016-0001): No housekeeping violation at a mine that had not started running that day
Southwest Rock Products runs Portable #1, a two-person sand and gravel mine in Pinal County, Arizona. An MSHA inspector arrived at 8:00 a.m. on July 7, 2015, before the plant started up, and at 8:50 a.m. cited the company under 30 C.F.R. § 56.20003(a), the housekeeping standard, for material built…
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.