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
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
Catalina Freight Lines PDF Version 92-0601 07/26/1993
318-744 of 3719 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Chapman Construction Co., Inc. Text Version 76-2677 12/17/1980
Special Metals Corporation Text Version 76-4940 12/16/1980
Gallo Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Text Version 76-4371 12/16/1980
Williamette Iron & Steel Co. Text Version 15317 12/16/1980
The Boardman Co. Text Version 80-75 12/16/1980

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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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