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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Original Sixteen to One Mine, Incorporated
Safety citations affirmed with two negligence findings reduced
Original Sixteen to One Mine, Incorporated operated a small mine with about nine miners when MSHA issued citations for conditions involving mine equipment and facilities. Judge August F. Cetti rejected the operator's argument that the Securities and Exchange Commission's view of its reserves…
Asarco, Inc.
Discovery order partly reversed
Asarco operates the Immel underground zinc mine, where an electrician was fatally injured after contacting an energized 4,160-volt terminal. The Secretary cited alleged violations involving deenergization and electrical clearance, and the parties later disputed discovery of MSHA investigative…
Asarco, Incorporated v. Secretary of Labor
Discovery motions granted in part
Asarco contested citations involving alleged violations at its Immel Mine after a fatality. The Secretary sought depositions, interrogatory answers, and documents about the mine's compliance history, policies, management structure, and investigation. Judge Avram Weisberger required the Secretary to…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.