OSHA Chief Steps Up Work With States, Localities, Other Agencies To Bolster Workplace Oversight

OSHA chief David Michaels told Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview that the agency is making strenuous efforts to reach out to other public health agencies and government bodies, including at the state and local levels, in a bid to bolster efforts by OSHA field operations staff to identify hazards, require employers to abate problems and enforce workplace regulations. Michaels says such partnerships have shown to be productive in the past and the agency continues to seek cooperative ventures to boost information-sharing. Federal partnerships with states that receive NIOSH funding to p