The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent federal agency created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places.
It functions as a two-tiered administrative court, with established procedures for conducting hearings, receiving evidence, and rendering decisions by its Administrative Law Judges, and if necessary discretionary review of those decisions by a panel of Commissioners.
[1] The commission consists of three members, who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The President appoints, by statute, members who by reason of training, education, or experience are qualified.
A member may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.