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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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Mica Corporation, and its successors
Power-line crane citations affirmed after a fatal electrocution
Mica Corporation was moving concrete traffic barriers along Interstate 35 near Hillsboro, Texas, using a leased crane. The crane cable came within a few inches of a 14,400 volt overhead power line and made contact. Two workers, the leased crane operator and a Mica foreman, were electrocuted and…
Halmar Corp. and DeFoe Corp., a Joint Venture
Power-line crane penalties assessed separately
Halmar Corp. and DeFoe Corp. used a crane to place concrete catch basins along the New York Thruway. While the crane backed about 400 feet with its boom fully extended, the boom contacted an overhead electrical line and an employee was electrocuted. The Commission found that the foreman knew or…
Central Florida Underground, Inc.
Crane and rigging violations affirmed after fatal power-line contact
Central Florida Underground was an underground pipe contractor whose crew used a crane to move a trench box near energized overhead electrical lines. During the work, the crane boom contacted the lines and an employee touching the crane was electrocuted. The judge found that Central failed to train…
Concrete Construction Co., Inc.
Backhoe power-line violations affirmed for $500
Concrete Construction used a backhoe to lay large pipe beneath energized power lines. The backhoe’s knuckle joint contacted a 7,620-volt line while an employee assigned to watch clearance was also steadying the pipe, and the employee was electrocuted. The Commission held that the crane…
H.B. Zachry Company
Crane power-line clearance violation affirmed
H.B. Zachry used a mobile crane to carry pipe beneath energized power lines at a construction site. The crane jib contacted the lines, fatally injuring one employee and hospitalizing another. The Commission held that the 10-foot clearance requirement applied to mobile cranes traveling with a load…
Greguson's Nursery, Inc.
Limited contest made power-line citation final, penalty set at $100
Greguson's Nursery performed landscaping work, and one of its employees was electrocuted when the boom he was operating contacted an energized power line while he moved boulders. The employer's notice of contest expressly challenged only OSHA's proposed $600 penalty. The Commission held that the…
White Oak Corporation
Crane power-line violations affirmed with $1,355 penalties
White Oak operated a crane near 13,200-volt power lines at a Connecticut highway project. The crane boom and ball contacted the lines, and an oiler at the outrigger controls was electrocuted. The judge found a serious violation for failing to maintain ten feet of clearance and a nonserious…
F.F. Green Construction Co., Inc.
Safety citations affirmed and reporting penalty removed
F.F. Green was laying a water line in Anchorage when a backhoe contacted or came too close to a 115,000-volt transmission line and an employee guiding pipe was electrocuted. The judge affirmed three serious violations involving power-line clearance, spoil piled at the excavation edge, and…
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.