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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Marine Terminals Corp.
Four longshoring citation items vacated
Marine Terminals handled container cargo aboard the M/V Ever Deluxe at a California terminal. A hatch boss was killed when descending crane lifting gear struck him while he was on top of a container, although the record did not establish why he entered that location. OSHA cited the company for…
Rio Doce Pasha Terminal L.P., and its successors
Suspended-load violation affirmed
Rio Doce Pasha Terminal was unloading steel plate from the vessel Jupiter Light when OSHA observed a longshoreman remaining in the open hold as a load was hoisted overhead. The judge found the worker was in the load's danger zone even if he was not directly beneath it because a failed sling could…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.