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California workplace safety chief tapped to lead OSHA
Safety experts lauded Doug Parker s nomination, pointing to his track record policing workplace Covid-19 risks at the state level.
According to the Labor Department, Secretary Marty Walsh has requested “a rapid update” on OSHA’s progress on a coronavirus workplace safety standard. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
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President Joe Biden will nominate California s workplace safety chief, Doug Parker, to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the White House said Friday.
The role has taken on outsize importance amid the pandemic and as the administration is weighing whether to issue an emergency temporary standard to create a set of enforceable, Covid-19-related workplace safety regulations.
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