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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Southern Pan Services Company
Two willful formwork violations affirmed for $125,000
Southern Pan Services Company was the concrete formwork contractor on a six-story parking structure that partially collapsed during a concrete pour. One Southern Pan employee died, another was seriously injured, and more than twenty other workers were injured. After the Commission remanded the…
Southern Pan Services Co.
Parking-garage collapse items remanded under exposing-employer and supervisor-knowledge rules
A parking garage partially collapsed during a concrete pour, killing one Southern Pan employee and injuring another along with more than twenty workers. The Commission held that the construction-load standard applied to the conditions and that Southern Pan, as an exposing employer, could have a…
Altor, Inc., and/or Avcon, Inc.
Eight willful items affirmed with $412,000 penalty
OSHA cited extensive hard-hat, open-edge, and floor-hole hazards during construction of a sixteen-story concrete building. The Commission held that Altor and Avcon operated as a single employer because they shared a worksite, management, ownership, office support, and integrated operations. The…
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…
Major Construction Corp., Inc. and Michael J. Polites
Fall citations largely affirmed with $223,200 penalty
Major Construction was the concrete subcontractor on a 32-story structure where OSHA documented extensive fall-protection and related violations, including violations after an imminent-danger notice was posted. The Commission largely upheld the judge's findings on feasibility, employer…
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…
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.