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. Randall H. Fleming, employed by Conshor Mining, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Randall H. Fleming (FMSHRC KENT 2009-189): Personal-liability case dismissed after underlying order was vacated
MSHA sought a $5,000 personal penalty against Randall H. Fleming under section 110(c), alleging that he knowingly authorized, ordered, or carried out unsafe roof-support conditions while employed by Conshor Mining. The underlying order against Conshor had already been vacated after the company was…
Secretary of Labor v. Consolidation Coal Co. and McElroy Coal Co.
Secretary of Labor v. Consolidation Coal Co. and McElroy Coal Co. (FMSHRC WEVA 2011-1314, et al.): $3.31 million global settlement approved
This global settlement covered 1,753 citations and orders in 132 civil-penalty dockets from five northern West Virginia underground coal mines acquired by Murray Energy from CONSOL Energy in December 2013. The citations had proposed penalties totaling $5,097,611 and addressed common…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.