Ever wonder what happens to old OSHA chiefs? Well, here's one for you: The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has selected former Assistant Secretary of Labor Charles N. Jeffress as Chief Operating Officer, the agency's senior civil service official, ending a two-and-a-half year period of interim administration.
Jeffress served as OSHA chief from 1997 to 2001. Named Business Week magazine's "Regulator of the Year" in 2001 (is that good or bad?), Jeffress is best (or worst) remembered for his role in trying to push through a controversial ergonomics standard in the waning days of the Clinton administration. The standard was later overturned by Congress.