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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Mattson Construction Co.
Repeated classifications and $2,160 penalties reinstated
OSHA cited Mattson Construction for an unguarded second-floor edge, ladder rails that did not extend 36 inches above the landing, and an unmarked electrical circuit box. The judge affirmed the violations but reduced their repeated classifications because he found no flaunting disregard of the Act…
R. L. Dixon, Inc.
First-aid and circuit-breaker citations vacated
R. L. Dixon was cited at a Richmond, Virginia, construction site for lacking a person with verified first-aid training and for not marking circuit breakers to show their purpose. The company waived a hearing and asked for a decision based on its written submissions. It stated that a clinic, two…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.