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.

OSHRC honors the life and legacy of former Chairman, Commissioner & Administrative Law Judge

Horace A. “Topper” Thompson, III
1942 – 2025

Latest decisions

319-327 of 1631 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Art Specialty Company PDF Version 92-1227 06/07/1993
Consolidated Construction, Inc. PDF Version 89-2839 06/07/1993
National Engineering & Contracting PDF Version 92-1745 06/07/1993
Ohio Pizza Products-Presto Foods PDF Version 92-2053 06/07/1993
Amoco Oil Company PDF Version 92-0361 05/10/1993
319-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Text Version 13955 12/11/1980
Research-Cottrell, Inc. Text Version 80-0213 12/10/1980
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Text Version 15046 11/28/1980
Bunkoff Construction Co., Inc. Text Version 76-2760 11/26/1980
General Motors Corporation, Frigidaire Division Text Version 76-3270 11/26/1980

Search all decisions

Explore our extensive collection of finalized cases.

Stay in the know

  • ALJ Decision in Pleasant Mount Welding, Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 24-1103, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    Pleasant Mount Welding, Inc. (PMWI) is a structural fabricator of aluminum, steel, and metals used in water and wastewater plants across the United States. Tr. 12. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) identified PMWI on a randomized list for…

  • Jonathan Snare sworn in as OSHRC Chairman

    Jonathan Snare was sworn in on November 24, 2025 as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Chairman Snare, who was confirmed as a Commissioner by the U.S. Senate on October 7, 2025, was elevated to Chairman by…

Resource Center