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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312-324 of 1618 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Fluidics/Poole & Kent Joint Venture PDF Version 92-2231 08/16/1993
Hansel Phelps Construction Co. PDF Version 92-2347 08/11/1993
B & M Construction PDF Version 90-3089 08/09/1993
Ocean Concrete Contractors, Inc. PDF Version 91-3449 08/02/1993
Action Craft, Inc. PDF Version 93-0129 07/26/1993
312-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Kent Nowlin Construction Co., Inc. Text Version 76-191, 76-192 02/20/1981
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Text Version 12817 02/19/1981
E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Company, Chemical & Industrial Union Text Version 79-2261 02/13/1981
Weatherby Engineering Company Text Version 77-4333 02/10/1981
Avalotis Painting Company Text Version 76-4774 02/02/1981

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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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