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)
Cardinal Industries, Inc. Text Version 82-0427 04/20/1989
Hern Iron Works, Inc. Text Version 88-1962 04/20/1989
Lowe Construction Company Text Version 85-1388 04/20/1989
Seward Motor Freight, Inc. Text Version 86-1691 04/20/1989
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Text Version 87-1238 04/20/1989

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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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