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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) today released a comprehensive, independent study, which affirmed the value of mediation in complex workplace safety cases. The evaluation declared the Commission’s dispute resolution program, which requires settlement talks in cases where…

Judge Sidney Goldstein Judge Sidney Goldstein, former Administrative Law Judge at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, passed away on Friday, July 13th, 2012, agency Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney regretfully announced on July 17, 2012. “Judge…

Judge Brian Duncan has rejoined the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as an Administrative Law Judge in its Denver regional office after serving as a judge with the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review in…

Judge William S. Coleman has joined the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as an administrative law judge in its Washington, DC office. Most recently, he served as an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration’s Madison, Wisconsin…

Judge Keith E. Bell has joined the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as an Administrative Law Judge at the Review Commission’s National Office. Prior to joining the Review Commission, Judge Bell was an administrative law judge at the Social…

Judge Carol Baumerich has joined the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as an administrative law judge at the Review Commission’s National Office. With over 30 years of experience as a trial attorney, Deputy Regional Attorney, and mediator with the…

Thomasina Rogers, chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, has been designated by President Obama as vice-chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS).   ACUS is an independent federal agency charged with improving the administrative process…

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission closes out its fiscal year on a high note, having resolved all of the 10 “legacy cases” on its docket.  On September 28th 2011, the Commission issued a decision in Southern Scrap Materials, the…

Irving Sommer, the former Chief Judge of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission), passed away on April 21, 2011, agency Chairman Thomasina Rogers regretfully announced on April 22, 2011. “Judge Sommer ably served the Review Commission…

Judge Covette Rooney has been named Chief Administrative Law Judge at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Rooney, who has served as an ALJ at the Review Commission since 1996, first became an ALJ at the Social Security…