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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Tudor's Body Shop
Spray-booth sprinkler citation vacated for lack of applicability proof
Tudor's Body Shop painted vehicles in a spray booth that did not have automatic sprinklers around its filters. The Secretary cited 29 C.F.R. § 1910.107(b)(5)(iv), but did not establish that the booth was a conventional dry-type spray booth with overspray dry filters or filter rolls covered by that…
StanBest, Incorporated
Flammable-liquid and spray-booth citations affirmed in part
StanBest manufactured fiberglass tubs and showers using acetone, resin, gel coat, and an organic peroxide in spray operations. The Commission rejected its challenge to the consensual OSHA inspection and held that its plant and spray booths were covered by the cited flammable-liquid and…
John Hicks Oldsmobile, Inc.
Seven citations affirmed with more abatement time
OSHA cited John Hicks Oldsmobile for seven non-serious violations and proposed penalties totaling $155. The company and the Secretary stipulated to withdrawal of the contest, payment of the penalties, and more time to correct item 4. The Secretary also agreed to provide an interpretation of the…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.