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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JMT Services, Inc.
Six citations vacated because workers were independent contractors
JMT Services supplied a crew for framing and roofing work at an airport hangar project in Chillicothe, Missouri. OSHA issued six citations covering eye protection, scaffold support, equipment safety, fall protection, ladders, and forklift training, with $30,675 in proposed penalties. The parties…
Huen Electric, Inc.
Commission dismisses case after full settlement
The case arose after a powered stacker truck and a 1,370-pound electrical splice box fell into a below-floor vault at a Chicago museum, seriously injuring an employee. OSHA cited Huen Electric for powered-industrial-truck training and for allegedly using lifting straps as an unapproved modification…
SIP Insulation Professionals, LLC
Three construction items vacated because company was not the employer
Workers were erecting a building with structural insulated panels at an Alabama construction site when OSHA observed alleged aerial-lift, roof fall-protection, and equipment-modification violations. OSHA issued the three-item citation to SIP Insulation Professionals, LLC. The central issue was…
Peacock Engineering, Inc.
Forklift-modification item left vacated after split vote
Peacock Engineering replaced a forklift's forks with a custom attachment so it could hoist burial crypts suspended from wire rope slings. OSHA alleged that the unapproved modification affected the forklift's safe operation in violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.602(c)(1)(ii). The judge vacated the item…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.