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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Target Construction, Inc.
Dump-site citations affirmed after serious injury
Target Construction operated an open-pit gold and silver mine where a haul truck went over a dump bank and the driver suffered crushing injuries that resulted in the amputation of both legs. The judge found that the dump berm was too low to prevent overtravel and that cracks showed the ground might…
Bandas Industries Incorporated
Mixed citation results and $1,638 in penalties
Bandas Industries faced 24 alleged violations at its Nolanville Quarry Plant in two dockets. The judge approved a settlement for 18 citations, withdrew one citation for lack of expert testimony, and dismissed another because the inspector could not recall the relevant facts. Of the three remaining…
Valdez Creek Mining Company
One citation vacated and 16 affirmed with a $990 penalty
Valdez Creek Mining Company operated a placer gold mine in Alaska with about 100 employees when MSHA issued 17 citations during July and August 1985. The company admitted that the violations occurred but disputed the penalty amounts. Judge Michael A. Lasher, Jr. found that the operator's negligence…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.