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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252-324 of 1618 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Malouf Construction Corporation Text Version PDF Version 97-1299 01/19/1998
Seabed Harvesting, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 97-0417 01/19/1998
Virginia International Terminals, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 96-1735 01/19/1998
Johnson Masonry, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 96-0289 01/16/1998
Concrete Metal Forms, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 97-1097 01/15/1998
252-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Bratton Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc. Text Version 81-0799 S 04/27/1983
Ceres Terminals, Inc. Text Version 82-0713 04/27/1983
Clarence M. Jones, d/b/a C. Jones Co. Text Version 77-3676 04/27/1983
Emerson Electric Company, Emerson Electric Motor Division Text Version 78-0275a 04/27/1983
F. L. Heughes & Company, Inc. Text Version 14519 04/27/1983

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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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