Press Releases

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…

Judge Covette Rooney has been designated Acting Chief Administrative Law Judge of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.  She will replace Judge Irving Sommer, who retired at the end of 2010 after 19 years of distinguished service as…

Oral Argument at OSHRC WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 10:30 am, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission will hear an Oral Argument in the case of Secretary of Labor v. AKM LLC, dba Volks Constructors (OSHRC Docket No. 06-1990)….

CIn response to President Obama’s Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission) releases its report and supporting documents regarding its Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction targets….

Cynthia L. Attwood was sworn-in today for a term expiring April 27th, 2013 as Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission by Chairman Thomasina V. Rogers. Ms. Attwood was nominated by President Obama on November 10th, 2009, and…

In response to the Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has launched its Open Government Web Page at https://www.oshrc.gov/open-government/.  Here, you will find a collection of data sets not previously made available online by the Review…

Thomasina V. Rogers has been sworn in as the 11th Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.  She was nominated by President Obama on April 21, 2009, a week before the expiration of her previous term, confirmed by…

The Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), Thomasina Rogers, announced today that OSHRC will begin posting on its website Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) decisions that are under review.  The Commission’s past practice has been to…