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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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Finley, LLC, and its successors
Two trench items affirmed and four items vacated
OSHA found five Finley workers leaving an excavation with water along most of its length. The judge found that Finley took no precautions in response to the accumulated water and did not perform an adequate competent-person inspection or reassess the soil after conditions changed. Those two serious…
Premier Roofing LLC, d/b/a Premier Roofing Co.
Roofing violations affirmed on summary judgment
Premier Roofing served as the general contractor for residential roofing work at the Summerfield Villas in Colorado. An OSHA compliance officer observed about 20 subcontractor employees working on roofs more than six feet above the ground without fall protection, and Premier's own employees also…
Echo Powerline, LLC
Power-line contact-prevention violation affirmed
Echo Powerline crews restored distribution lines in Oklahoma after an ice storm. While workers raised a quarter-mile section of distribution wire beneath an energized 69-kilovolt transmission line, the wire contacted the transmission line; one employee suffered burns and another died from…
CWP Asset Corp., d/b/a Mister Car Wash
Conveyor machine-guarding violation affirmed
Mister Car Wash moved vehicle-drying work inside a car wash bay near a conveyor system. An employee was hospitalized after his foot entered a gap above the conveyor's moving chain and sprocket. The judge found that this work arrangement made employee exposure to the moving parts reasonably…
Terrance McKitrrick d/b/a Great White Construction
Repeat roof fall violation affirmed
Four Great White Construction employees installed shingles on a residential roof about 11 feet above the ground without using available fall protection. The judge found actual and constructive knowledge based on the owner’s repeated prior fall citations, inadequate follow-up, and the foreman’s…
Adam Ham Construction, LLC
Roof fall citation affirmed after default
An Adam Ham Construction supervisor worked for three to four hours on a snow- and ice-covered residential roof about 33 to 35 feet above the ground without fall protection. The judge found the company could have discovered the condition through reasonable diligence, and the supervisor’s own…
Insulation-N-Coatings d/b/a Force Enterprises
Spoil-pile violation affirmed, duplicate item vacated
Force Enterprises installed sewer pipe in a roughly 10-foot-deep trench while a spoil pile sat at the trench edge instead of at least two feet back. Based on inspection video, photographs, tools and footprints in the trench, and the foreman’s earlier statements, the judge found that employees had…
AEROTEK
Manlift floor-opening citation vacated
Aerotek supplied temporary employees to a ceramics manufacturing facility where workers used an older belt manlift. An Aerotek employee fell through a manlift floor opening after the lift jerked and sustained serious injuries. OSHA amended its citation from a manlift design standard to the general…
Bergelectric Corp.
Roof fall-protection violation partly affirmed
Bergelectric employees installed photovoltaic panels on a hangar roof using warning lines and a safety monitor instead of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems. The judge found that installing solar panels was not roofing work under the standard, so Bergelectric could not use the…
Jake's Fireworks, Inc.
Fireworks storage and hazard-control violations affirmed
Jake's Fireworks employees were clearing old and damaged consumer fireworks from storage containers at a former Kansas facility when a fire broke out. Both employees were badly burned, and one later died. The judge found that damaged fireworks, exposed pyrotechnic material, combustible debris, and…
Capitol Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Skid-steer and injury-reporting citations vacated
A Capitol Concrete trainer fractured his wrist when skid-steer loader arms descended as he reached into the cab during operator training. OSHA alleged a general duty clause violation based on trainers approaching operational skid-steers and also alleged that the hospitalization was reported late…
United States Postal Service
Asbestos item vacated and repeat spider violation affirmed
OSHA cited a Nevada post office over asbestos hazard communication and vermin control, along with several items the Postal Service later stopped contesting. The judge vacated the asbestos item because the Secretary did not prove the cited floor material contained regulated asbestos. The…
Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Refinery lockout procedure citation affirmed
Citgo employees isolated a refinery pump for contractor maintenance, but an obstructed valve remained partly open and hydrocarbons escaped before a fire caused extensive property damage. OSHA cited Citgo because its written lockout/tagout procedures did not specify how employees should test and…
SSA Pacific, Inc.
Gangway citation vacated for lack of employer knowledge
SSA Pacific was unloading vehicles from a ship when someone tied a short plank to a midship gangway that had been designated unsafe and raised out of service. The plank lacked required rails and obstructed passage, and a superintendent used it while trying to have the condition corrected. The judge…
Basic Energy Services
Well-rig stair and guardrail violations affirmed
Basic Energy Services provided well-servicing work at an oil and gas well near Hawkins, Texas. OSHA observed employees working on an elevated rig platform where stairs between platform levels were broken and replaced with a box, and a roughly six-foot section of guardrail was missing. The judge…
Big Cat, Inc. d/b/a The Rex
Restaurant chemical-safety items affirmed and power-strip item vacated
OSHA cited The Rex restaurant for inadequate eye and hand protection when employees handled corrosive cleaning chemicals, improper use of a power strip for a refrigerator, and the absence of a written hazard communication program. The judge affirmed the PPE items because safety data sheets required…
United States Postal Service
Willful extreme-heat violation affirmed
A Postal Service letter carrier returned from a five-week absence and delivered mail during an excessive heat warning without an acclimatization period. He reported symptoms to his supervisor on two consecutive days, remained on his route, and died from hyperthermia on the second day. The judge…
Levvintre Construction, LLC
Residential fall and ladder violations affirmed
Five Levvintre Construction employees performed residential roofing work on an approximately 11-foot-high roof without fall protection. The company had harnesses available but left it to each employee to decide whether to use one and had no alternative fall-protection plan. Employees also used 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.