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.

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120-327 of 1631 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Reynolds Packaging KAMA, Inc.  Text Version PDF Version 08-1554 10/14/2009
Acies Group, LLC Text Version PDF Version 08-1446 10/13/2009
J.F. White Contracting Company Text Version PDF Version 08-1355 10/10/2009
Flintstone Millworks & Hardwood Co., Inc. Text Version PDF Version 09-0305 09/24/2009
A.H. Beck Foundation Company, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 08-0626 09/21/2009
120-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co., Inc. PDF Version 95-1211 05/10/1996
Montana Sulphur and Chemical Co. PDF Version 94-2545 04/25/1996
NYNEX PDF Version 95-1671 04/15/1996
Montana Sulphur and Chemical Co. PDF Version 94-2545 03/26/1996
Wiley Organics, Inc. PDF Version 91-3275 03/25/1996

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  • 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…

  • ALJ Decision in Metro Ports, d/b/a Southeast Crescent Shipping, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1554, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    The Respondent, Metro Ports (Metro), is a California-based stevedoring company that operates marine terminals on the nation’s coasts, including a marine terminal at the Port of Wilmington in North Carolina.  (See Ex. C-7, Bates pagination 0188–0194; T. 156, 160).  In July 2023, the…

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