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. Rock Products, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC CENT 2017-397, CENT 2017-432, CENT 2017-433): Equipment citations assessed at $24,984
Rock Products contested citations from three inspections of its New Mexico sand-and-gravel operation. Judge Margaret A. Miller affirmed violations involving an unchocked loader, damaged access steps, an unguarded tail pulley, a defective parking brake, oil near loader controls, nonfunctional…
Secretary of Labor v. Campbell County Highway Department
Secretary of Labor v. Campbell County Highway Department (FMSHRC SE 2012-198-M): Loader leak and blocked walkway orders upheld
MSHA issued two withdrawal orders at Campbell County's quarry for hydraulic fluid pooled in a loader cab and rock debris covering an elevated hammer-mill walkway. Judge Alan G. Paez found the fluid violation S&S and unwarrantable because the leak had been documented for five months, the loader…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.