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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Cougar Coal Company, Inc
. (FMSHRC KENT 2000-133, KENT 2000-277): Citations modified, two citations dismissed, and $106,350 penalty assessed
At a coal mine being dismantled, a worker climbed a utility pole near energized high-voltage equipment, was shocked by 7,200 volts, and fell. Judge Avram Weisberger found that Cougar violated standards governing electrical work, work near energized lines, fall protection, and accident reporting…
Winn Construction Co., Inc.
Pump-house transport citations affirmed after electrical contact
Winn Construction was moving a steel pump house at the Browns Valley Mine when the load shifted and the boom of the cherry picker contacted an energized 7,200-volt overhead line. A worker touching the pump house suffered electrical burns and was treated in intensive care before returning to work…
Bulk Transportation Services, Inc.
Commission affirms operator status and $25 penalty
Bulk Transportation Services arranged exclusive coal haulage from BethEnergy's Mine No. 33 to a generating station through subcontractors. A subcontractor raised a truck bed into an energized 46-kilovolt powerline, and MSHA cited Bulk for violating the high-voltage clearance standard. The…
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 When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.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.