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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K. L. Spring & Stamping Corporation
Settlement approved and later abatement request left to Rule 34
K. L. Spring & Stamping was cited for four serious and six nonserious violations, with total proposed penalties of $1,260. The company contested the penalties and the abatement date for point-of-operation guarding on two testers, and the United Steelworkers elected party status. A settlement…
Blue Ribbon Industries, Inc.
Contest dismissed and $100 penalty affirmed
Blue Ribbon Industries received four non-serious citations involving excessive compressed-air pressure, a locked exit, an unguarded compressor, and flexible cord used as fixed wiring. OSHA proposed no penalties for the first two items and $100 total for the other two. The case was initially…
Phoenix, Inc., Legore Quarries Division
Quarry citations vacated for lack of OSHA jurisdiction
Phoenix operated a limestone-pulverizing facility at its Legore Quarries Division. OSHA issued serious and non-serious citations after an employee's leg was caught in an auger and amputated above the knee, and proposed a $750 serious penalty. The judge approved withdrawal of the contest but…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.