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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Secretary of Labor v. Southern Aggregates, LLC
Fire extinguisher modified and guard citation vacated
Southern Aggregates operates a surface sand and gravel mine where MSHA cited a fire extinguisher showing a recharge reading and a detached guard at a pea-gravel belt head pulley. Judge Jacqueline Bulluck found that the Secretary did not prove the extinguisher had actually been discharged, but did…
Sierra Aggregate, Inc.
Settlement approved
Sierra Aggregate reached a settlement with the Secretary in two civil penalty proceedings. The stipulation amended several citations to non-S&S violations and reduced several proposed penalties. Judge John J. Morris found the settlement reasonable and in the public interest, approved it, affirmed…
Paul Hubbs Construction Co.
Three quarry citations affirmed
Paul Hubbs Construction Company operated the Atkinson Quarry in California, where a screening plant used a 250-kilowatt generator. Judge August F. Cetti affirmed citations for a discharged fire extinguisher, an unguarded conveyor tail pulley, and an ungrounded generator. He assessed civil penalties…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.