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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Shelly and Sands, Inc.
Site-specific paving safety-program item vacated
Shelly and Sands was repaving a county road near Senecaville, Ohio, when a finish roller went over a berm and landed on its operator, who died from her injuries. OSHA alleged that the company lacked an adequate site-specific accident-prevention program for roller operations. The ALJ found that the…
Beta Construction
General contractor liable for inadequate night lighting
Beta Construction was the general contractor for removal and replacement of roofing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its asbestos-removal subcontractor worked at night in areas measuring as little as 1.95 foot-candles, below the required five…
W. Kramer Associates
OSHA-poster citation vacated, other items settled
W. Kramer Associates is a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor. OSHA inspected its worksite at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Home construction project in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and issued a serious citation and a second citation with two other-than-serious items, with…
John J. Kirlin, Inc.
Serious scissor-lift guarding citation vacated, one electrical-cord item affirmed at no penalty
John J. Kirlin, Inc. is a plumbing contractor. While it was working on the renovation and construction of the Postal Square retail and office complex in Washington, D.C., OSHA inspected the worksite and issued one serious citation and one other-than-serious citation. The serious citation, with a…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.