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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Secretary of Labor v. Tri County Coal, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Tri County Coal, LLC (FMSHRC LAKE 2011-309): Seven violations bring $8,853 penalty
MSHA cited Tri County Coal for roof-bolter dust-collection defects, inaccurate escapeway maps, failure to follow the roof-control plan, inadequate rock dust, and defective trailing-cable splices. Judge L. Zane Gill affirmed all seven litigated violations. He removed the S&S designations from two…
Tri County Coal, LLC
Tri County Coal, LLC (FMSHRC LAKE 2011-308, et al.): Equipment and examination violations yield $39,472
Tri County Coal faced citations involving defective ram-car brakes, unsupported roof, damaged cable splices, an inadequate electrical examination, a roof-bolter dust collector, and inaccurate escapeway maps. Judge Michael E. Zielinski affirmed every litigated violation but modified negligence…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.