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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Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
Law Brothers Contracting Corp. PDF Version 91-2293 01/08/1993
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Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
A. Prokosch & Sons Sheet Metal, Inc., Mid-Hudson Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc. Text Version 76-406, 76-576 09/30/1980
Austin Building Company Text Version 77-3878 09/30/1980
Brown & Root, Inc. Text Version 76-1296 09/30/1980
Donald Harris, Inc. Text Version 76-4173 09/30/1980
Electrical Constructors of America Text Version 76-910 09/30/1980

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    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…

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    The Respondent, Metro Ports (Metro), is a California-based stevedoring company that operates marine terminals on the nation’s coasts, including a marine terminal at the Port of Wilmington in North Carolina.  (See Ex. C-7, Bates pagination 0188–0194; T. 156, 160).  In July 2023, the…

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