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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Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Shank-Ohbayashi, Inc. Text Version 88-2674 10/23/1990
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Text Version 79-2597 10/12/1990
Vern’s Manufacturing, Inc. Text Version 89-3082 10/12/1990
American Asbestos Control Co. Text Version 88-2268 09/25/1990
Armour Food Company Text Version 86-0247 09/24/1990

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  • ALJ Decision in Riverdale Mills Corporation, OSHRC Docket Nos. 19-1566 & 19-2011 (EAJA), Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    Over six years ago, in September and December of 2019, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued three Citations and Notifications of Penalty (Citations) to Respondent, Riverdale Mills Corporation (“Riverdale”), alleging violations of various safety and health…

  • ALJ Decision and Order in H.G. Arias & Associates, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 24-1011, 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. § 659(c) (the Act). Respondent H.G. Arias and Associates, LLC (Arias) is…

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