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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Dana Container, Inc.
Confined-space program and willful entry violations affirmed
Dana Container employees entered truck tanks when mechanical washing left residue. A supervisor entered a dirty tank without atmospheric testing, an entry permit, or a retrieval system and was found unconscious. The Commission found his deliberate rule violations foreseeable because management had…
Omaha Paper Stock Company
Eight permit-space violations affirmed
Omaha Paper Stock used a large baler whose chamber employees entered to clear jams. An employee became trapped under five to six feet of paper and required a 48-minute rescue. The Commission held that the chamber was a permit-required confined space because entrants faced recognized serious hazards…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.