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. Ammon Enterprises
Ammon Enterprises (FMSHRC WEST 2007-62-M, WEST 2007-147-M, WEST 2007-184-M): MSHA jurisdiction upheld and 15 violations produced $1,365
Ammon Enterprises operated a small gravel pit and screening plant while also conducting excavation, equipment rental, construction, and other businesses from the same property. Judge Michael E. Zielinski held that Mine Act jurisdiction covered the pits, screening equipment, shop, fuel area…
Bob Bak Construction
Safety orders affirmed with $1,840 penalty
Bob Bak Construction operated a sand and gravel crusher in South Dakota. Judge Avram Weisberger found that the operator failed to guard two moving pulleys, allowed a front-end loader operator to work without a seat belt, and stored an oxygen cylinder in a truck containing oil and grease. The Judge…
Hollow Contracting, Inc.
30 citations affirmed, 3 vacated
Hollow Contracting operated a small portable rock-crushing facility in Montana. The ALJ considered 33 alleged violations involving reporting, machinery, electrical equipment, emergency procedures, and other mine conditions. The decision affirmed 30 citations, vacated 3 citations, and assessed total…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.