Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent agency created by Congress in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The agency’s primary function is to decide contests of citations or penalties that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues to employers following safety and health inspections of American workplaces. In doing so, the agency provides OSHA, employers, and employees and/or their representative with a fair and expeditious resolution of these contested cases.


OSHRC is a completely independent agency that is not part of the Department of Labor or OSHA. This ensures that OSHA’s enforcement actions are carried out in accordance with the law.

OSHRC honors the life and legacy of former Chairman, Commissioner & Administrative Law Judge

Horace A. “Topper” Thompson, III
1942 – 2025

Latest decisions

12-327 of 1631 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Romancing the Stone, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 23-0243 Comm. R. 101(a) 10/23/2023
Ireland Contracting, LLC Text Version PDF Version 20-0560 & 20-0561 10/12/2023
Arrow Plumbing, LLC Text Version PDF Version 21-0244 09/28/2023
Americold Logistics, LLC Text Version PDF Version 22-1400 09/28/2023
Texas Underground Utilities, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 20-1565 09/06/2023
12-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Randall Mechanical, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 17-1595 05/15/2020
Aluminum Shapes, LLC Text Version PDF Version 17-1380 & 17-0646 05/15/2020
Seward Ship’s Drydock, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 09-1901 04/30/2020
Gate Precast Company Text Version PDF Version 15-1347 04/28/2020
Science Applications International Corp., d/b/a SAIC Text Version PDF Version 14-1668 04/16/2020

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  • ALJ Decision in Pleasant Mount Welding, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 24-1103, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    Pleasant Mount Welding, Inc. (PMWI) is a structural fabricator of aluminum, steel, and metals used in water and wastewater plants across the United States. Tr. 12. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) identified PMWI on a randomized list for…

  • Jonathan Snare sworn in as OSHRC Chairman

    Jonathan Snare was sworn in on November 24, 2025 as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Chairman Snare, who was confirmed as a Commissioner by the U.S. Senate on October 7, 2025, was elevated to Chairman by…

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