Press Releases

On April 28, 2015, President Barack Obama designated Cynthia L. Attwood as Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Ms. Attwood began her service as a Commissioner in 2010, after being nominated by the President and confirmed…

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has developed an online form for submitting Freedom of Information Act requests to the Commission. The form is a downloadable PDF file that requesters can fill out on their computer and then submit…

John X. Cerveny has been named Executive Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. During his tenure at the Review Commission, Mr. Cerveny served as Acting Executive Secretary starting in early 2014, as Deputy Executive Secretary for the…

Heather L. MacDougall was sworn-in today as Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission by Chairman Thomasina V. Rogers. Ms. MacDougall was nominated by President Obama for a term expiring April 27, 2017, and was unanimously confirmed by…

Judge Heather A. Joys joins the Review Commission today as an administrative law judge in its Atlanta Regional office. Prior to being appointed to the Review Commission, Judge Joys served as an administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations…

Ray H. Darling, Jr., Executive Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, retired effective January 2, 2014, after more than 41 years of public service. Mr. Darling had been Executive Secretary at the Review Commission for more than…

Judge Peggy S. Ball joined the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission today as an Administrative Law Judge in the Denver Regional Office.  Prior to joining the Review Commission, Judge Ball was an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security…

Judge John B. Gatto joined the United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as an Administrative Law Judge in the Atlanta Regional Office on August 26, 2013. Immediately before his judicial appointment with the Commission, he served as an…

Cynthia Attwood was sworn in yesterday for a second term expiring April 27, 2019, as Commissioner at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. After being nominated by President Obama in March of this year, Ms. Attwood was unanimously confirmed…

Judge Horace A. “Topper” Thompson, III will join the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on March 11, 2013, as an administrative law judge in its Denver, CO Office. Prior to accepting appointment as an OSHRC Judge, Judge Thompson…