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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Consolidation Coal Company
Roof-support order affirmed on remand with $4,000 penalty
Consolidation Coal operated the Robinson Run No. 95 underground coal mine in West Virginia. MSHA found that the mine lacked the required supply of supplementary roof-support materials and issued a section 104(d)(2) order under 30 C.F.R. § 75.214. After the Commission found the violation resulted…
Consolidation Coal Company
Unwarrantable-failure finding reversed and penalty remanded
Consolidation Coal Company was cited after an inspector found that Robinson Run No. 95 lacked the required supply of supplementary roof supports within four crosscuts of a working section. The Administrative Law Judge found a violation but concluded that the operator's conduct was not an…
Consolidation Coal Company
Roof-support order modified with $2,000 penalty
Consolidation Coal operated the Robinson Run No. 95 underground coal mine in West Virginia. Judge Jacqueline R. Bulluck found that the mine lacked a readily accessible supply of supplementary roof-support materials within four crosscuts of the 12-D working section, in violation of 30 C.F.R. §…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.