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
Eloy Del Toro Text Version PDF Version 16-0006 FRCP 60(b) 06/13/2016
Consolidated Barricades, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 15-1968 FRCP 60(b) 06/06/2016
Paul Simkus; United Airlines, Inc. Text Version PDF Version 15-1756 &  15-2019 05/26/2016
United States Postal Service Text Version PDF Version 14-0691 05/25/2016
Kirtley Roofing and Sheet Metal, LLC Text Version PDF Version 15-0613 05/19/2016

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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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