Press Releases

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission welcomed two new Administrative Law Judges in September. Judge James R. Rucker has joined the Commission’s Denver, CO office and Judge Dennis L. Phillips joined the Washington, DC office. The Review Commission is…

On June 20, ­2007, the President designated Horace A. “Topper” Thompson, III to serve as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, an independent Federal adjudicatory agency created to decide contests of citations resulting from OSHA inspections of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, October 13, 2006 at 10:30 a.m., the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission will hear an Oral Argument in the case of Summit Contractors, Inc. The argument will take place in the Review Commission’s hearing…

On Friday, May 19, 2006, after more than a year of proceedings, the U.S. Senate confirmed Horace A. “Topper” Thompson III to serve as Commissioner at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, an independent Federal agency created to decide…

Chairman W. Scott Railton announced the selection of Alexander Fernández to fill the position of General Counsel at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The Review Commission is an independent adjudicatory agency created by the Occupational Safety and Health…

Chairman W. Scott Railton today announced the completion of the first phase of an organizational study of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission). The study, performed by human resources consultant, Connie Harshaw, is a follow-up to a…

Chairman W. Scott Railton recently announced that a new administrative law judge, John H. Schumacher, has joined the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. “Judge Schumacher, with his breadth of experience, is a welcome addition to our judicial ranks,”…

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Chairman W. Scott Railton has announced significant, proposed changes to the rules governing practice before the independent Federal adjudicatory agency. Among them are new rules to allow and facilitate electronic service and filing of…

Michael H. Schoenfeld, an Administrative Law Judge of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission), died after a tragic accident on October 11, 2004, agency Chairman W. Scott Railton and Chief Administrative Law Judge Irving Sommer regretfully…

The Earl R. Ohman, Jr., General Counsel of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission), retires effective September 3, 2004 after more than 38 years of public service. Mr. Ohman has been General Counsel at the Review…