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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R.D. Anderson Construction
Asbestos monitoring item affirmed but labeling item vacated
R.D. Anderson was renovating a university building where asbestos-containing floor fill was exposed during construction. The Commission held that initial air monitoring was required because loose asbestos, asbestos in settled dust, dry sweeping, and air currents made release into the air more…
Duquesne Light Company
Mixed asbestos rulings affirmed as nonwillful and nonserious
Duquesne employees removed asbestos-containing turbine insulation for several hours without required exposure controls, respirators, protective clothing, containers, lockers, or warning signs. The judge affirmed those violations as nonserious and nonwillful but vacated charges for failing to…
The Shenango Company
Asbestos-monitoring violation affirmed as nonserious
Shenango removed furnace linings made largely of asbestos with jackhammers and pneumatic tools, creating visible dust clouds, but did not monitor employee exposure. The judge found that asbestos material entered the air but vacated the citation because the Secretary had not specifically proved…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.