Press Releases

By publication in today’s Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is extending the comment period in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to November 16, 2018 (link). In the ANPRM, published in the Federal Register on September 7,…

By publication in today’s Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is seeking comments for revisions to its Rules of Procedure. OSHRC’s procedural rules were last revised in 2005.  Recent developments in technology, including the implementation of the agency’s e-filing…

OSHRC is retaining all current Atlanta region employees but reducing the total square footage of the physical office space located in the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, resulting in a significant cost-savings in rent.  In addition, Atlanta’s three administrative law judges and attorney-advisor…

James J. Sullivan, Jr. was sworn-in today as Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Mr. Sullivan was nominated by President Trump to fill a term expiring April 27, 2021 and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate…

The U.S. Senate, on August 3, 2017, confirmed President Trump’s nominations of Heather MacDougall of Jupiter, Florida, and James Sullivan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be Commissioners of the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission. In addition, President Trump appointed Ms….

On January 23, 2017, President Donald Trump designated Heather L. MacDougall as Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Ms. MacDougall has served as a Commissioner since April 2, 2014, after being nominated by President Obama and…

Chair Cynthia L. Attwood today announces the launch of an “e-file” system for electronic filing and service of litigation documents before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the independent Federal agency that decides disputes involving alleged violations of workplace…

Cynthia L. Attwood was designated Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission by President Barack Obama on January 13, 2016. She was first appointed to the Review Commission by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2010…

AMICI CURIAE BRIEFS IN INTEGRA HEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission seeks briefs from the parties and interested Amici on the issues raised under the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s General Duty Clause in Integra Health…

Thomasina V. Rogers, Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, retired on April 27, 2015, at the end of her most recent term.  Ms. Rogers holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Chair and Commissioner in the Agency’s…