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
S.K. Construction Company PDF Version 92-2480 10/04/1993
John J. Smith Masonry Co. PDF Version 92-2583 09/07/1993
Security Elevator, Inc. PDF Version 92-2320 09/07/1993
Sparrow Construction Corp. PDF Version 92-3009 09/02/1993
Irwin Steel Erectors Inc. PDF Version 90-2368 08/30/1993
316-744 of 3719 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
A. Schonbek & Company, Incorporated Text Version 76-3980 12/30/1980
Noranda Aluminum, Inc. Text Version 79-1059 12/30/1980
General Motors Corp., GM Assembly Div. Text Version 79-7196 12/30/1980
Allied Plant Maintenance Co. of OK, Inc. Text Version 80-0168 12/30/1980
Clement Food Company Text Version 80-607 12/30/1980

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  • ALJ Decision in J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 24-1055, Directed for Review.

    In January 2024, three employees of Respondent J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. (JFC) were injured when 12-inch steel piping that was undergoing pneumatic pressure testing suddenly separated under the pressure. Unbeknownst to the JFC foreman who controlled the pneumatic…

  • ALJ Decision in U.S. Postal Service, dba East Portland Station, OSHRC Docket No. 23-1008, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    Like many of its older-built facilities, the United States Postal Service’s (“USPS” or “Respondent”) East Portland Station, located at 1020 SE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR (“EP Station” or “Station”), was constructed using asbestos-containing materials (“ACMs”). (Tr. 96, 570, 614, 785;…

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