OSHA Nominee Michaels Could Move Agency to Emphasize Risk Assessment

David Michaels, President Obama's nominee to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, could ultimately move the agency toward an approach that vests with employers more responsibility for identifying and assessing risks, ORC Senior Vice President Frank White, told the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), in an article published August 13 in the Safety and Health Reporter. To read the rest of Mr. White’s comments about the likely new OSHA chief, click on the pdf file of the article, “Analysts Say Agency Nominee Michaels Has Potential to Generate Reform, Activism.”  

Reproduced with permission from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter, 39 OSHR 678 (Aug. 13, 2009). Copyright 2009 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>