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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. Newmont Slate Company, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Newmont Slate Company, Inc. (FMSHRC YORK 2016-20 M): Fifteen citations upheld and one vacated
MSHA issued Newmont Slate 16 citations covering fire and explosion warnings, compressed-air tanks, electrical circuits, machine guards and windows, explosives, training, noise records, and other quarry conditions. After a hearing, Judge David F. Barbour found 15 violations and vacated the citation…
Secretary of Labor v. Newmont Slate Company, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Newmont Slate Company, Inc. (FMSHRC YORK 2016-20 M): Original multi-citation decision superseded
MSHA issued Newmont Slate 16 citations covering fire and explosion warnings, compressed-air tanks, electrical circuits, machine guards and windows, explosives, training, noise records, and other quarry conditions. Judge David F. Barbour found 15 violations and vacated the citation alleging…
Secretary of Labor v. Northern Illinois Service Company
Secretary of Labor v. Northern Illinois Service Company (FMSHRC Lake 2011-1029-M, Lake 2012-161-M): Ten violations upheld and seat-belt citation vacated
MSHA cited Northern Illinois Service Company's two portable limestone-crushing plants near Rockford, Illinois, for electrical, guarding, equipment, berm, training-record, fire-extinguisher, and examination-record conditions. Judge L. Zane Gill upheld ten violations and vacated one citation…
Thueson Construction Co., and/or Thueson Construction, Inc.
Thueson Construction Co., and/or Thueson Construction, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2010-396-M): Nineteen violations affirmed with penalties reduced to $25,028
Thueson Construction operated a portable sand and gravel crusher and stipulated to nineteen safety violations, including eleven guarding violations. Eight violations were designated significant and substantial, twelve involved high negligence, and the company accepted the stated gravity…
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.