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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Schuler-Haas Electric Corp.
Asbestos violations affirmed and penalties grouped
Schuler-Haas performed electrical renovation work in a college building where asbestos abatement repeatedly left contaminated material in walls and ceilings. Air monitoring showed that electricians were exposed to asbestos, including one excursion-limit exceedance, yet the company lacked required…
Tierdael Construction Company
Transite-pipe asbestos items partly affirmed
Tierdael removed asbestos-containing transite water pipe while lowering a water line in Colorado. The judge held that removing the buried pipe was Class II asbestos work even though the pipe remained non-friable and employee exposure stayed below OSHA limits. Tierdael failed to establish a…
James R. Howell & Co., d/b/a Howell Construction
Commission holds contractor to the asbestos presumption despite an owner's verbal assurance
Howell Construction was the general contractor for a remodeling project in a pre-1980 pipe-fitters hall in Denver. The building owner verbally told Howell that pipe insulation had been tested and contained no asbestos, but no supporting report was produced before a subcontractor removed presumed…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.