OSHA rules
Companies and employers must satisfy all OSHA rules to ensure there is safety in the workplace, and if they do not adhere to them, they can be prosecuted for the same. The prosecution is commonly done by employees who can quickly note their safety. In my opinion, I believe an employee would benefit most from contesting a citation from Occupational Safety and Review Commission (OSHRC) if he or she has been diagnosed with a severe health condition that resulted from a poor working environment (Yohay, S2015). For example, if an employee lost his hand in the workplace as a result of a sub serviced machine. Second, an employee can benefit from a citation when the materials he encounters are hazardous. Some chemicals like lead, asbestos, and silica are some of the dangerous raw materials that cause permanent health implications on employees if an accident occurs in the workplace. There are high chances that such cases will be handled seriously.
There are several reasons why employees do not frequently request for reviews to decisions made by administrative law judges and OSHRC. First, most employees do not have the knowledge they can ask for reviews. As a result, even when the cases are unfair, they agree to the decisions or opt to search for employment in other companies, which they believe they are safer (Klein, 2012). Second, employees believe that going further into the cases which had already been ruled is just loss of time and resources, and it is like fighting with giants, thus having low chances of winning the cases.