We could see history being made here. Many DC sources tell us the same thing: Dr. Michaels “loves” his job, according to one source, and has made it known in DC he wants to stay on. It would be the first time in OSHA’s 40+ year history that an OSHA chief has stayed in place for a president’s second term.
ISHN is told Dr. Michaels is motivated to stay on in order to take care of unfinished business. First and foremost this means the Injury and Illness Prevention Program. His priorities also include modernizing the agency’s recordkeeping system by going electronic, and perhaps giving another go at updating hundreds of permissible exposure limits.