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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Sanderson Farms, Inc. – Processing Division
Ammonia process-safety items partly affirmed
Sanderson Farms operated a chicken processing plant that used anhydrous ammonia for refrigeration. OSHA cited several process safety management deficiencies involving engineering-practice documentation, diagrams, ventilation information, written mechanical-integrity procedures, and equipment…
Delek Refining, Ltd.
Four refinery safety items affirmed and two vacated
OSHA cited six conditions at Delek's Texas oil refinery under the process safety management, machine guarding, and hazard communication standards. The Commission affirmed PSM items for failing to resolve process-hazard-analysis and audit findings inherited from the prior owner, holding that the…
Randalls Food and Drugs, Inc.
Ammonia process-safety violations split
Randalls Food and Drugs operated a Houston food warehouse with an anhydrous-ammonia refrigeration system. The judge affirmed a process-safety violation because Randalls did not timely complete, document, and communicate actions responding to its process-hazard analysis. He also affirmed…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.