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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Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Settlement order remanded to consider union's timely objections
The judge approved a settlement between the Secretary and Northwest Airlines despite objections from the machinists' union. His order stated that the union had not submitted a timely report, but the union had faxed and mailed an objection letter by the August 31 deadline. That letter opposed…
Intercontinental Chemical Corporation
Hazard communication cases closed by settlement and withdrawal
Intercontinental Chemical faced consolidated hazard communication cases involving material safety data sheets, labels, and trade-secret ingredient disclosures. The parties settled all items in docket 86-0388, with the other-than-serious citation affirmed without penalties. In docket 86-0535, 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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.