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 obo James McGoughran v. Lehigh Cement Company, LLC
Secretary of Labor obo James McGoughran v. Lehigh Cement Company, LLC (FMSHRC PENN 2019-0144 DM): Pandemic delay did not toll reinstatement
Lehigh Cement and James McGoughran had agreed to economic temporary reinstatement while his discrimination case proceeded. When COVID-19 delayed the scheduled merits hearing and the Secretary declined a video hearing, the Judge suspended Lehigh's payment obligation. The Commission held that a…
Secretary of Labor obo Jason Ebert v. The Marshall County Coal Company
Secretary of Labor obo Jason Ebert v. The Marshall County Coal Company (FMSHRC WEVA 2020-0133-DM): Temporary reinstatement ordered for alleged family retaliation
Jason Ebert alleged that Marshall County Coal forced him to resign two days after hiring him because management learned that his brother was a vocal safety advocate who had filed Mine Act discrimination complaints. The company initially requested a hearing on temporary reinstatement but withdrew…
Michael Deuso v. Shelburne Limestone Corp.
Michael Deuso v. Shelburne Limestone Corp. (FMSHRC YORK 2019-0015-DM): New safety allegation required prior MSHA investigation
Michael Deuso filed a discrimination case nearly 19 months after MSHA told him it could not assist with his age-discrimination and assault allegations. Judge Thomas P. McCarthy excused the late filing because MSHA had not told the self-represented miner about his right to bring his own Commission…
Michael Deuso v. Shelburne Limestone Corp.
Michael Deuso v. Shelburne Limestone Corp. (FMSHRC YORK 2019-0015-DM): Miner ordered to address late discrimination filing
Michael Deuso alleged that Shelburne Limestone fired him after he adjusted a stone-feeder control and requested a conveyor-belt speed sensor. He filed his Commission discrimination case almost 19 months after an MSHA supervisor had told him that MSHA could not help with his original report, which…
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.