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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Oak Lane Diner
Five safety items affirmed and posting item vacated
Oak Lane Diner was cited for a broken stepladder, overdue fire-extinguisher inspections, an ungrounded food mixer, a spliced meat-saw cord, failure to post the OSHA employee notice, and an ungrounded bench grinder. The administrative law judge found all six non-serious violations but vacated the…
Midvale-Heppenstall Company
Descaling item vacated and immediate abatement ordered
Midvale-Heppenstall manufactured steel forgings in Philadelphia and used compressed air above 30 p.s.i. in several plant operations. The judge affirmed violations for air hoses used for cleaning in the power plant and machine shop but vacated the press-plant allegation. The press operation used an…
General Meat Company, Inc.
Low-gravity penalties vacated after prompt abatement
OSHA cited General Meat for electrical, drinking-water, restroom, lunch-area, and fire-extinguisher conditions and proposed $280 in penalties. The judge affirmed 12 non-serious items and allowed the Secretary to withdraw two other allegations. On review, the Commission focused on the penalties for…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.