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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Sun Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
Scaffold guardrail violation affirmed as serious
Two Sun Outdoor Advertising employees painted a billboard from an unguarded suspension scaffold 20 feet above rocky ground. One employee wore a safety belt, while the other had forgotten to reconnect his belt for about 15 minutes after lunch. The Commission affirmed the serious guardrail violation…
City Wide Tuckpointing Service Company
Scaffold penalty reduced to $280
City Wide Tuckpointing Service Company performed masonry repair from a suspended scaffold about 65 feet above a Milwaukee sidewalk. OSHA cited six scaffold conditions, including unsafe footing, missing guardrails and toeboards, unsafe access, no protective screen, improper anchoring to a station…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.