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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146-324 of 1618 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
American Shoe Corporation Text Version PDF Version 05-0014 08/17/2005
Caretti, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 04-0918 08/01/2005
J.E. Dunn Construction Company Text Version PDF Version 04-0251 08/01/2005
George Cairns and Sons, Inc. Text Version PDF Version Mar-05 07/28/2005
Williams Insulation Text Version PDF Version 05-0031 07/25/2005
146-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Herasco Contractors, Inc. PDF Version 93-1412 09/22/1993
Kraft Food Ingredients Corp. PDF Version 88-1736 09/20/1993
Westvaco Corporation PDF Version 90-1341 09/14/1993
Contractors Welding of Western New York, Inc. PDF Version 88-1847 09/13/1993
Foster-Wheeler Constructors, Inc. PDF Version 89-0287 08/23/1993

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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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