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. Rock n Roll Coal Company, Inc.
Secretary of Labor v. Rock n Roll Coal Company, Inc. (FMSHRC WEVA 2015-889): All six citations and orders affirmed as written for $29,613
Rock N Roll Coal operates the underground Mine No. 7 in West Virginia. MSHA inspector Morgan issued six citations and orders across two 2015 inspections. They covered a missing directional cone on the secondary escapeway lifeline, a carbon monoxide monitor placed about 250 feet from its required…
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…
Twentymile Coal Company
Twentymile Coal Company (FMSHRC WEST 2008-879): Escapeway violations split with $27,605 total penalties
MSHA cited Twentymile Coal for escapeway marking and lifeline-access conditions at its underground Foidel Creek Mine. Judge Richard W. Manning upheld an order involving inadequate primary-escapeway route markers and assessed $18,000. He also upheld a citation for a water hose that impeded access to…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.