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Thomasina Rogers Designated Acting Chairman Occupational Safety And Health Review Commission
February 19, 2009On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama designated Thomasina V. Rogers as Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. She began her service on the Review Commission in 1998, after being appointed by President Clinton and confirmed…
Linda A. Gravely Retires
August 11, 2008The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission announces the retirement of long-time Public Information Officer (PIO), Linda A. Gravely. Ms. Gravely joined the Review Commission in 1978, and was promoted to the position of PIO in 1980. Ms. Gravely…
Nadine Mancini Selected As General Counsel
August 9, 2008Nadine N. Mancini was appointed General Counsel of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Review Commission”) in August 2008. The Review Commission is an independent adjudicatory agency created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Its…
Judges Dennis L. Phillips And James R. Rucker Join OSHRC
October 22, 2007The 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…
President Bush Designates Horace A. Thompson, III, Chairman Of The Occupational Safety And Health Review Commission
June 27, 2007On 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…
Oral Argument At OSHRC
September 22, 2006WASHINGTON, 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…
U.S. Senate Confirms Horace Thompson
June 15, 2006On 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…
Alexander Fernández New General Counsel at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
August 16, 2005Chairman 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 Announces Completion Of First Phase Of Review Commission Organizational Study
August 16, 2005Chairman 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…
Judge John H. Schumacher Joins Review Commission
May 6, 2005Chairman 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,”…