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Secretary of Labor v. Rockwell Mining, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Rockwell Mining, LLC (FMSHRC WEVA 2017-220): $5,232 settlement approved on remand
The Commission vacated an earlier order denying Rockwell Mining's settlement and directed the Judge to reconsider it under the Commission's settlement-review standard. The agreement resolved seven citations, left three penalties unchanged, reduced three penalties, and vacated a cleanup-program…
Secretary of Labor v. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC (FMSHRC PENN 2015-339): Three citations vacated and guarding penalty reduced
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company settled 16 of 20 citations from its Bailey Mine and tried four involving rock dust, two conveyor-guarding conditions, and an allegedly obstructed escapeway. The Judge vacated the rock-dust citation because the Secretary did not prove that the noncompliant sample was…
Secretary of Labor v. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC (FMSHRC PENN 2015-339): Original mixed citation ruling
This is the original release of the Bailey Mine decision that vacated three citations and modified a fourth guarding citation to non-S&S with low negligence and a $150 penalty. The Judge found that MSHA had not reliably established the location of a rock-dust sample, that an unlatched area-guarding…
Secretary of Labor v. M-Class Mining, LLC
Secretary of Labor v. M-Class Mining, LLC (FMSHRC LAKE 2011-295): Narrow-escapeway citation affirmed and extinguisher citation vacated
M-Class Mining stored a transformer, cable tub, and water pump beside a conveyor in the alternate escapeway, narrowing the route from the required 6 feet to as little as 15 inches. A four-person stretcher team had to line up, lift the stretcher overhead, and slide it across equipment, which 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.