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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Waste Processing Equipment, Inc.
Eleven of twelve serious items affirmed, one vacated, penalty cut to $4,600
Waste Processing Equipment, Inc. runs a manufacturing plant in Rainsville, Alabama, with about 28 employees making paper balers and other waste-handling equipment. A September 1991 OSHA inspection led to a serious citation with 12 items and a proposed penalty of $12,500, plus an "other" citation…
Alatex, Incorporated
Sewing-machine apparatus items affirmed as de minimis
The four consolidated cases concerned whether the power-transmission standard applied to industrial sewing-machine apparatus. At Alatex’s request, proceedings were stayed pending the Commission’s decision in Van Raalte, which the company agreed would control. After that decision, one contested item…
Grayson Lumber Company, Inc.
Water-barrel item vacated and $150 penalties retained
Grayson Lumber operated a building-supply, lumber-processing, and concrete business. The administrative law judge affirmed eight non-serious items, vacated three, and assessed $150 total penalties. On review, the Commission vacated an additional fire-protection item because partially filled water…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.