California workplace safety chief chosen to lead OSHA
The Biden administration plans to nominate California official Doug Parker to lead OSHA as the assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, the White House said on Friday, April 9, 2021.
Parker is currently chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, where he played a lead role in developing the state’s Covid-19 workplace safety rule.