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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RBS, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Labor v. RBS, Inc.
RBS, Inc. (FMSHRC WEVA 2014-817): Every citation trimmed or thrown out, penalty cut from $24,886 to $1,227
RBS runs the Greystone Quarry, a small limestone operation near Lewisburg, West Virginia. A fill-in MSHA inspector spent two days there in February 2014 and wrote seven citations and orders, originally proposing $24,886 in penalties. The judge worked through the five that went to hearing. Two…
RBS, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Labor v. RBS, Inc.
RBS, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor, et al. (FMSHRC WEVA 2014-691 RM, et al.): Original quarry penalty decision later amended
RBS operated the Greystone Quarry and Plant, a small West Virginia limestone operation where an MSHA inspection produced six citations and $24,886 in proposed penalties. Judge L. Zane Gill upheld three equipment citations but deleted their S&S designations because injury was unlikely under the…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.