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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Asbestos Textile Company, Inc.
Asbestos violations affirmed but willful claims rejected or deadlocked
Asbestos Textile processed raw asbestos in a rubber-products plant. OSHA cited exposure-limit, dust-control, monitoring, respirator, protective-clothing, housekeeping, locker, and medical-examination issues under the asbestos standard. The Commissioners agreed that the respirator, clothing…
The Proko Company of Texas, Inc.
Annual asbestos examinations required at any airborne exposure level
The Proko Company manufactured paint and drywall products using bagged asbestos in its mixing process. Its monitoring showed airborne concentrations well below the permissible exposure limit, and the judge concluded that annual medical examinations were unnecessary at those levels. The Commission…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.