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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S.J. Louis Construction of Texas
Confined-space citation vacated for lack of employer knowledge
Two S.J. Louis Construction employees died after entering an active sewer manhole containing hydrogen sulfide and very low oxygen. The judge found that the general-industry confined-space rules did not apply to the construction work, but affirmed an alternative general duty clause citation. The…
Suttles Truck Leasing, Inc.
Seven violations affirmed with reduced penalties
Suttles washed tank trailers that had carried hazardous chemicals, and employees sometimes entered the washed tanks for inspection or residue removal. The Commission held that the tanks remained permit-required confined spaces after washing because the washing process was part of the company's…
Sturm Ruger & Co., Pine Tree Castings Division
Targeted inspection and settlements affirmed
OSHA used injury and illness data from Pine Tree Castings to select the handgun-casting facility for a programmed inspection under a nationwide targeting plan. Sturm Ruger challenged the data survey, inspection warrant, discovery rulings, evidence, and subpoenas. The Commission held that OSHA had…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.