The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act,which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29,1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training,outreach,education and assistance". The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations. OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects to employment,sales,credit ratings or firm survival.
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the President of the United States. There are currently 15 executive departments.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States. It was enacted by Congress in 1970 and was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 29,1970. Its main goal is to ensure that employers provide employees with an environment free from recognized hazards,such as exposure to toxic chemicals,excessive noise levels,mechanical dangers,heat or cold stress,or unsanitary conditions. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Eula Bingham was an American scientist,best known as an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter. During her tenure as the head of OSHA,she eliminated more than 1,000 pedantic regulations and shifted the agency's focus to health and safety risks,establishing strict standards for workers' rights to know about their exposure to hazardous substances.
Andrew Franklin Puzder is an American attorney,author,and businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants,the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr.,a position he held from September 2000 to March 2017. He was previously a commercial trial lawyer in private practice from 1978 to 1995 who handled many high-profile cases and was active in the pro-life movement.
Buchanan Ingersoll &Rooney PC is an American law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 500 lawyers in offices in 18 U.S. cities. As of 2019,Buchanan Ingersoll was the third-largest law firm in Pittsburgh by number of attorneys in its Pittsburgh office.
The Maryland Department of Labor is a government agency in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state changed the agency's name from "Department of Labor,Licensing,and Regulation" to "Maryland Department of Labor" in 2019. The department is headquartered at 500 North Calvert Street in Baltimore.
Edwin Foulke is an American lawyer who served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor. In 2006,Foulke was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and had assumed the position until November 2008. Foulke is currently a partner at Fisher &Phillips in Atlanta,Georgia.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official serving as the United States Ambassador to Russia,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Occupational safety and health (OSH),also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS),occupational health,or occupational safety,is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety,health,and welfare of people at occupation. These terms also refer to the goals of this field,so their use in the sense of this article was originally an abbreviation of occupational safety and health program/department etc.
Michelle Taryn Friedland is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Heather MacDougall is an American lawyer and former government official who currently serves as the vice president of worldwide employee health and safety for Amazon. She was a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) from 2014 until 2019. She served as the acting chair of OSHRC from January 2017 until her resignation in March 2019. MacDougall was first nominated to the post by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2014. In April 2017,President Donald Trump nominated her to continue as a commissioner for a second term. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for an additional term on the OSHRC on August 3,2017. She resigned from OSHRC in March 2019 in order to join Amazon.
Marvin Elliot Kaplan is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to assuming his current role,he was the chief counsel of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. In June 2017,President Donald Trump nominated Kaplan to be a member of the NLRB for a term expiring on August 27,2020. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 2,2017,by a vote of 50–48. On March 2,2020,Trump announced that he would renominate Kaplan for a second five-year term expiring on August 27,2025. On July 29,2020,Kaplan was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52–46,thereby keeping the NLRB in solid Republican control.
Trump Bay Street is a 50-story apartment tower named after Donald Trump and located at 65 Bay Street in Jersey City,New Jersey. It is located adjacent to the Trump Plaza apartment tower,which was completed in 2008. A second Trump Plaza tower had initially been planned but was delayed,and the property for the proposed building was sold several times during the Great Recession.
James David Schultz is an American lawyer and political pundit and was an Associate White House Counsel for U.S. President Donald Trump,serving from January 20,2017 to November 24,2017. Schultz was part of the legal team at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Trump Transition Team. He reported to White House Counsel Don McGahn.
J. Davitt McAteer is an American lawyer,author,and activist from Fairmont,West Virginia. McAteer was appointed to the position of assistant secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration from 1993 to 2000 under President Bill Clinton. Throughout his career,McAteer has been an advocate for safe working conditions for miners,particularly in the coal industry. After the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster of 2010,where an explosion caused by negligence led to the death of 29 miners,McAteer Served on Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's independent investigation panel to determine the cause of the explosion. McAteer is the author of "Monongah:The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster".
John Michael O'Connor is an American attorney and politician serving as the 19th attorney general of Oklahoma. O’Connor was previously a shareholder of Hall Estill and a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma,the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma,and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
David James Porter is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
