Press Releases

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…

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…