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December 10th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

David Michaels to head OSHA

David Michaels has been confirmed to be the new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health last Dec. 3.

Michaels was a Research professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. He was nominated by President Barack Obama last July 28. The nomination was approved by the Senate Health and Labor Pensions last Nov. 18 then turned to the full senate.

Acting secretary Jordan Barab will carry on as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA.

This is the first that OSHA had a permanent administrator since Edwin Foulke Jr. resigned in 2008.

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