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

323-327 of 1631 results
Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Western Plains Construction PDF Version 91-2258 03/24/1993
Metro Power, d/b/a Gibson Electric PDF Version 92-1471 03/22/1993
Stone Container Corp. PDF Version 91-3457 03/22/1993
Dempsey Darcy Oldsmobile PDF Version 92-1501 03/15/1993
Custom Services PDF Version 92-1708 03/12/1993
323-744 of 3720 results
Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Marion Power Shovel Company, Inc. Text Version 76-4114 11/03/1980
Raybestos Friction Materials Company Text Version 80-2793 11/03/1980
Morrison-Knudsen & Associates Text Version 76-1992 10/31/1980
Boam Company Text Version 77-3358 10/31/1980
Stripe-A-Zone Text Version 79-2380 10/31/1980

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  • Draft Strategic Plan available for comment

    OSHRC has drafted the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan for public review and comment through January 28, 2026. Proposed Draft Comments can be directed to OSHRC by email HERE.

  • 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…

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