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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Secretary of Labor v. Rosebud Mining Company
Panic-bar violations affirmed and settlement approved
Rosebud Mining operates the underground Rosebud No. 2 coal mine. The Judge approved a settlement reducing the penalty for one citation to $131, and then considered two citations alleging that panic bars on a roofbolter and a scoop required too much force to de-energize the equipment. The Judge…
Rosebud Mining Company
Official release contains conflicting orders
Rosebud Mining operated the Josephine No. 3 underground coal mine. MSHA alleged that a panic bar on a mobile bridge carrier required more than 15 pounds of force to deenergize a connected continuous miner, and proposed a $184 penalty after a miner suffered crushing injuries. The first signed…
Beaver Creek Coal Company
Three citations vacated, one penalty assessed
Beaver Creek faced consolidated contest and civil penalty proceedings involving roof-bolter controls, continuous-miner permissibility, a mine plan examination, and a citation the company agreed to pay. Judge August F. Cetti vacated the citations for the actuating bar, continuous miner, and seal…
Tunnelton Mining Company
Seven citations settled and $539 assessed
Tunnelton Mining Company faced seven alleged safety violations at Marion Mine across three dockets. The parties agreed to settle all seven citations, with four paid at the proposed amounts and three reduced. One significant-and-substantial finding was modified to non-S&S because injury was…
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.