See Rule 22. Such a person need not be an attorney. However, all representatives of parties must write a letter to the Commission, and send a copy to all other parties, stating whom they are appearing on behalf of. This is known as filing an appearance . Every party to the case must serve every other party or representative with copies of every document it files with the Commission or judge.
Service is made by either personal delivery or first class mail.
All notices the Commission sends to the parties will list the name and address of all parties or their representatives. Penalties OSHA only proposes amounts which it believes are appropriate as penalties. These proposals automatically become penalties assessed against the cited employer when the enforcement action is not contested. Once a citation or Proposed Penalty is contested, the amount of the penalty for that citation, if any, will be decided by the Commission or a judge. When a case goes to hearing before a Review Commission judge, the employer's evidence and argument on what penalty, if any, should be assessed, receives the same consideration as the evidence and argument of the Secretary of Labor.