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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Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Ralph Taynton d/b/a Service Specialty PDF Version 92-0498 10/15/1996
Caterpillar, Inc. PDF Version 94-347 10/11/1996
Hemphill Construction Co., Inc. PDF Version 95-1482 10/07/1996
American Commercial Vehicles PDF Version 95-1074 09/30/1996
Aero Tec Laboratories, Inc. PDF Version 94-0055 09/18/1996
267-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Purolator Sky Courier, Inc. Text Version 80-1468 10/29/1982
Carl M. Geupel Construction Co. Text Version 81-55, 81-56 10/29/1982
J.L. Foti Construction Company, Inc. Text Version 77-2848 10/27/1982
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Text Version 13591 09/30/1982
Brown & Root, Inc. Text Version 78-127 09/30/1982

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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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