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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Saipan Koreana Hotel
Attorney-fee amount remanded for review
OSHA cited Saipan Koreana Hotel under a temporary labor camp water-supply standard after finding contaminated water in employee housing, then withdrew the citation after the condition was corrected. The hotel sought attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, and the judge twice denied…
Jimmy R. Carlson
Twelve migrant-housing violations affirmed without penalty
Jimmy R. Carlson provided a Nebraska farm house for a migrant worker family of twelve. OSHA cited twelve temporary-labor-camp conditions involving livestock near the house, unsanitary grounds, overcrowded sleeping rooms, a boarded window, unscreened doors, distant and unapproved water, a nearby…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.