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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Mondo Construction Company, LLC
Trench items affirmed but repeat classification rejected
Mondo employees worked in a utility trench with deep side channels while installing plywood shoring that lacked the braces required by the company's engineering plan. The judge measured the excavation from the channels because they extended to the walls and increased the wall load, making the…
Aviation Constructors, Inc.
Willful excavation violation affirmed but penalty reduced
Aviation Constructors hired a subcontractor to install a shotcrete shoring system for a baggage-tunnel excavation at Atlanta's airport. The company knew a registered professional engineer had not approved the design, yet it allowed subcontractor employees to work for ten days in the excavation…
Bancker Construction Corp.
Trench support violation affirmed with reduced penalty
Bancker Construction was installing a protective system in an excavation for a telephone equipment vault in Bethpage, New York. Employees entered the excavation while the support system was only partly installed, and the trench was more than five feet deep with vertical walls in unstable Type C…
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review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j): it binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent in other cases.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.