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 on behalf of Michael Cook v. Panther Creek Mining, LLC
Secretary of Labor on behalf of Michael Cook v. Panther Creek Mining, LLC (FMSHRC WEVA 2023-0337): Part 90 miner awarded lost pay
Michael Cook exercised his Part 90 right to transfer away from excessive coal-dust exposure, moving from a ten-hour continuous-miner-operator schedule to an eight-hour mine-examiner schedule. Panther Creek kept his hourly wage unchanged, but Cook worked 13 fewer hours and lost $761.67 before a…
Matthew Bane v. Denison Mines (USA) Corp., now known as Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc.
Matthew Bane v. Denison Mines (USA) Corp. (FMSHRC WEST 2012-1224 DM): Safety complaints did not cause layoff
Matthew Bane, an electrician at Denison's underground uranium and vanadium mine, alleged that the company laid him off because he raised safety and health concerns. Judge L. Zane Gill found that Bane engaged in protected activity by reporting a supervisor's unsafe conduct, complaining about dust…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.