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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144-324 of 1618 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
George Cairns and Sons, Inc. EAJA Text Version PDF Version 03-2005 EAJ 11/14/2005
August Winter & Sons, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 05-0536 11/14/2005
J B Distributing Co. Text Version PDF Version 04-2178 11/04/2005
Summit Contractors, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 04-0492 10/24/2005
Kinsley Construction, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 04-1654 10/12/2005
144-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Maskell-Robbins, Inc. PDF Version 91-2189 10/27/1993
Beta Construction Company PDF Version 91-0102 10/08/1993
Ardyce Carlson, M.D. PDF Version 93-0885 09/30/1993
El Paso Crane and Rigging Co., Inc. PDF Version 90-1106 09/30/1993
Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. PDF Version 90-1349 09/30/1993

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  • ALJ Decision in 595 Construction LLC,  OSHRC Docket Nos. 25-0120, 25-0121, and 25-0122, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (the “Act”) due to the untimely filing of…

  • Cynthia L. Attwood, Chairman of the Review Commission, Retires

    Cynthia L. Attwood, Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, retired on April 27, 2025, at the end of her third term.  Ms. Attwood was first appointed to the Commission by President Barack Obama in 2010, was reappointed…

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