OSHA appoints new director for its construction directorate
OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels appointed Dean McKenzie as the new director of the agency's Directorate of Construction. McKenzie has been with OSHA for seven years including serving as deputy director of DOC.
McKenzie's experience in the construction field spans more than four decades. He began his career in the steel mills of Gary, Ind., as a journeyman millwright, and he worked industrial construction in Indiana, Florida, Colorado and the Caribbean. He has been a licensed general contractor, business owner, and project and operations manager.