NIOSH and OSHRC

The OSHAct also created the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). NIOSH operates within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to develop occupational safety and health standards for recommendation to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of HHS, and to fulfill the research and training functions of the Secretary of HHS. It is headquartered in Washington, DC, but carries out many of its functions at its facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Morgantown, West Virginia. It also works through contracts with more than 15 Education and Research Centers and over 40 Training 

Project Grantees around the country. These institutions provide research, education, and training in safety and industrial hygiene on behalf of NIOSH. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent and autonomous quasi-judicial board charged with hearing cases on appeal from OSHA. The president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints its three members. It meets periodically to review cases on appeal. Once the commission hears a case, if either party is dissatisfied, it may appeal through the federal appeals court system. 

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