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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Ceco Concrete Construction, LLC
Formwork violations affirmed with grouped penalty
Ceco Concrete Construction was installing perimeter formwork tables on the 16th floor of a Florida condominium project when a corner table fell from the building and pulled an employee with it, causing his death. The Commission affirmed a design violation because Ceco's procedures accounted for…
Fabi Construction, Inc., and Pro Management Group
Parking-garage collapse decision assesses $21,000
Four parking-garage levels collapsed during concrete placement at an Atlantic City project, killing four employees and injuring 21. The judge found serious general duty violations because reinforcing mesh did not follow the approved shop drawings and longitudinal steel was installed contrary to…
Keating Building Corporation
Parking-garage formwork citation vacated
Keating was the general contractor for a hotel and parking-garage expansion where part of the garage collapsed during a concrete pour, killing four employees and injuring twenty-one. OSHA cited Keating under the cast-in-place concrete formwork standard and proposed a $7,000 penalty. Although the…
Concrete Metal Forms, Inc.
Formwork violations affirmed after deck collapse
Concrete Metal Forms, Inc. designed and erected formwork for a new county jail in Alabama. During the third-level concrete pour, the deck collapsed and 22 employees were injured. CMF argued that the general contractor caused the collapse by directing an uneven pour despite CMF's warning. The judge…
Worcester Steel Erectors, Inc.
Formwork violations reversed
A metal deck collapsed during construction at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and several employees fell 42 feet. OSHA cited Worcester Steel for four alleged deviations from the deck manufacturer's specifications under a formwork performance standard. The Commission found that Worcester Steel…
Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.
Concrete-formwork citations against engineer vacated
Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger provided structural-design and consulting services for a laboratory-building project where metal decking collapsed during a two-layer concrete pour. OSHA cited SGH for allegedly inadequate formwork support and missing shoring plans. The Commission held that design 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.