The Occupational Safety and Health Administration likely will move away from Obama-era heightened enforcement to a new philosophy of offering preventative measures to increase worker safety, a former leader of the agency says.
FedEx executive Scott Mugno, a veteran of the company whose stints include senior lawyer, is expected to take the helm as assistant secretary of labor for OSHA. His nomination is pending before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Ed Foulke, who held the top OSHA job under the George W. Bush administration from 2006 to 2008, says there will likely be a shift in philosophy under the Trump administration away from Obama-era enforcement priorities.
