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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. Geneva Rock Products, Inc.

Secretary of Labor v. Geneva Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2022-0097): Indefinite criminal-investigation stay was vacated

This penalty case followed a fatal ground-collapse accident involving a haul truck at Geneva Rock's Hansen Pit, with MSHA proposing $381,500 for one citation and three orders. The ALJ stayed the civil case indefinitely while the Department of Justice considered a parallel criminal investigation…

December 4, 2024
Remanded
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Secretary of Labor v. Geneva Rock Products, Inc.

Secretary of Labor v. Geneva Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2022-0097): Review granted on indefinite criminal-investigation stay

Potential individual and criminal Mine Act violations in the Geneva Rock case had been referred to the Department of Justice. The ALJ stayed the civil proceeding indefinitely while the criminal investigation and any later proceedings remained pending. The Commission granted the Secretary's request…

December 14, 2023
Procedural
ALJ

Secretary of Labor v. Geneva Rock Products, Inc.

Secretary of Labor v. Geneva Rock Products, Inc. (FMSHRC WEST 2022-0097): Seven-month stay lifted despite possible criminal investigation

MSHA issued four violations after investigating a fatal accident at Geneva Rock's Hansen Pit, and the civil penalty case was stayed while possible individual and criminal investigations remained unresolved. After seven months, the Secretary moved to lift the stay because MSHA would not pursue…

September 21, 2022 ·David P. Simonton
Procedural

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.

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OSHA standards

29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1) (477) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.500(d)(1) (216) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.652(a)(1) (208) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.28(a) (178) 29 C.F.R. § 1910.132(a) (171) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.21(b)(2) (158) 29 C.F.R. § 1910.212(a)(1) (137) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.105(a) (130) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.501(b)(1) (113) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.100(a) (110) 29 C.F.R. § 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) (99) 29 C.F.R. § 1926.652(b) (94)

MSHA standards

30 U.S.C. § 815(a) (250) 30 U.S.C. § 820(i) (87) 30 U.S.C. § 815(c)(2) (65) 30 U.S.C. § 815(d) (54) 29 C.F.R. § 2700.1(b) (51) 30 U.S.C. § 815(c)(1) (50) 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) (48) 30 U.S.C. § 820(k) (41) 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(2)(A)(i) (39) 29 C.F.R. § 2700.28 (33) 30 U.S.C. § 814(d)(1) (30) 30 U.S.C. § 815(c)(3) (26)