Ex-Steelworkers safety official appointed to run OSHA on interim basis
The Biden administration on Inauguration Day wasted no time in naming former United Steelworkers safety official Jim Frederick as acting chief of OSHA, part of a team of interim leaders at the Labor Department who will help jump start the new administration’s labor and employment agenda.
As of January 21, OSHA’s organization chart shows Frederick as acting chief of OSHA. Other top OSHA leadership positions: Thomas Hughes will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pandemic and Emergency Response for OSHA. Previously, he was the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Education and Training Program, which provided grants to unions, companies and nonprofits to train rank-and-file workers on occupational health and safety.