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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MDLG, Inc., dba Phenix Lumber Company
Twenty-eight violations and $2.47 million penalty affirmed
MDLG operated Phenix Lumber Company, where an employee died after falling into a woodchipper auger while trying to clear a jam. OSHA cited five serious violations, 22 willful-serious violations, and one repeat violation involving lockout/tagout, guarding, fall protection, powered industrial trucks…
Dayton Tire, Bridgestone/Firestone
Ninety-nine lockout violations reclassified as serious
The Commission had previously affirmed ninety-nine lockout/tagout violations as willful and assessed $1,975,000 in penalties against Dayton Tire. The D.C. Circuit vacated the willful classifications for insufficient evidence and remanded for the Commission to reassess the violations and penalties…
Dayton Tire, Bridgestone/Firestone
Ninety-nine willful lockout violations affirmed
OSHA cited Dayton Tire after a fatal machine accident at its Oklahoma City tire plant, alleging widespread failures under the lockout and tagout standard. The Commission rejected Dayton's vagueness, applicability, minor-servicing, and infeasibility arguments. It also held that separate violations…
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…
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Furnace lockout case settled for $6,500
Bethlehem Steel used a flag-and-tag procedure to protect employees repairing equipment at its basic oxygen furnaces from unexpected movement or energization. OSHA alleged that the procedure did not provide positive control of power sources and cited the company under the general duty clause. An ALJ…
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.