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Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2009-487, SE 2009-261-R): $50,000 penalty assessed after safeguard remand
Oak Grove pushed a 24-ton shearer carrier along a main haulage road despite a safeguard requiring cars to be pulled. During the move, the carrier derailed and a miner was fatally crushed between locomotives and the carrier. The Commission had upheld the safeguard violation but reversed the judge's…
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2009-261-R, et al.): Safeguard violation affirmed but S&S reversed
Oak Grove pushed a haulage car carrying a 24-ton shearer body on its main haulage road despite a mine-specific safeguard prohibiting the pushing of cars there. During the move, the carrier derailed, two locomotives rolled downhill, and a miner was pinned against the carrier and fatally injured. The…
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2009-261-R, SE 2009-487): Pushing-car safeguard violation upheld on remand
Oak Grove pushed a haulage carrier holding a 24-ton shearer body on its main haulage road despite a mine-specific safeguard prohibiting pushed cars. The carrier derailed, locomotives rolled, and a miner was fatally pinned while inspecting the derailment. On remand from an earlier Commission ruling…
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC (FMSHRC SE 2009-261-R et al.): Safeguard against pushing cars was valid
A miner was fatally pinned while a 24-ton shearer body was being moved along Oak Grove's main haulage road. MSHA cited the mine under a safeguard that prohibited pushing cars on main haulage roads except in a limited situation. The judge vacated the citation after finding that the safeguard did not…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.