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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  • ALJ Decision in Geo Home Renovations Inc., OSHRC Docket No. 25-1182, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (“OSH Act”), due to the untimely filing of a…

  • Commission Issues Final Order in Victor Contracting L.L.C., OSHRC No. 26-0585.

    The parties have submitted a Joint Notification of Full Settlement pursuant to Commission Rule 100, 29 C.F.R. § 2200.100, informing the Commission that they have resolved all the contested citation items in this case. Since the parties have agreed to…

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