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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254-324 of 1618 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Macy’s East, Inc., Abraham & Straus, Inc. Stern’s Department Stores, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 95-0893, 95-0895, 95-0897, 95-0901 12/24/1997
Action Cleaning Corporation Text Version PDF Version 97-0641 12/22/1997
Parsons Company, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 97-0216 12/10/1997
Glenco Construction Services, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 97-0135 11/10/1997
Sea-Jet Trucking Corp. Text Version PDF Version 96-0624 11/10/1997
254-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Hocking Valley Steel Erectors, Inc. Text Version 80-1463 04/27/1983
ITT Grinnell Text Version 79-3185, 80-1620 04/27/1983
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Text Version 82-0785 04/27/1983
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Text Version 80-6519 04/27/1983
Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company Text Version 79-5600 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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