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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Emerson Electric Company, Emerson Electric Motor Division
Amended crane item remanded for defenses
In an earlier decision, the Commission amended serious citation item 1 to allege a crane violation under section 1910.179(n)(3)(vi), conditionally affirmed it, and assessed $300 while allowing Emerson to seek reopening. Emerson requested a hearing. The Commission treated that filing as a motion to…
Emerson Electric Company, Emerson Electric Motor Division
Molten aluminum and eye protection items affirmed in part
Emerson Electric used a monorail system to move pots of molten aluminum and also had employees hand-dip parts into an acidic resin. The Commission amended the molten-aluminum item from the general duty clause to the overhead-crane rule requiring operators to avoid carrying loads over people, then…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.