{"id":1649,"date":"2017-07-25T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2017-07-28T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T01:00:35","slug":"sweatt-starts-osha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/07\/25\/sweatt-starts-osha\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweatt Starts at OSHA as&#8230;&#8230;..??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1651\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485-800x371.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/yertletheturtle_66485.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to OSHA&#8217;s Organizational Chart, Loren Sweatt has now made the long voyage across the National Mall to become OSHA&#8217;s new political Deputy Assistant Secretary &#8212; and the agency&#8217;s first political appointee of the Trump administration. \u00a0I&#8217;m assuming she will be &#8212; in effect if not in name &#8212; OSHA&#8217;s Acting Assistant Secretary, although the current O<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/html\/OSHAorgchart.pdf\">SHA Org Chart<\/a> doesn&#8217;t really reflect it. Compare the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/html\/OSHAorgchart.pdf\">Org Chart<\/a> with OSHA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2009-Org-Chart.jpg\">2009 Org Chart<\/a> after I assumed the position. \u00a0Note that like Yertle the Turtle, I was ruler of all that I could see, whereas, the current Org Chart has her just directing several of the agency&#8217;s directorates.<\/p>\n<p>But then, Org Charts are probably not worth much more than the pixels they&#8217;re projected from.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on her first day, I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s trying to figure out what to do, what has been left undone in the first 6 months and 5 days where the agency has drifted rudderless.<\/p>\n<p>And I have a suggestion: Develop a press release policy.<\/p>\n<p>Since the inauguration, OSHA has issued <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/07\/05\/osha-embarrassed-enforcement\/\">less than 10 enforcement-related press releases<\/a>. \u00a0The last administration came under significant &#8212; and completely unwarranted &#8212; criticism for exploiting press releases to &#8220;shame&#8221; employers who killed, injured or endangered workers. \u00a0Although the Obama administration had increased the number of press releases issued, we did not &#8212; as some seem to believe &#8212; invent the press release. All other previous administrations &#8212; Republican and Democrat &#8212; have issued press releases when issuing significant enforcement cases. \u00a0They are the main tool that a small agency like OSHA has to let the world know that they exist and will not tolerate violations of the law that endanger workers. \u00a0That&#8217;s the job.<\/p>\n<p>Word has it that Secretary Acosta supports strong enforcement and has nothing against letting the public know that. So issue a policy &#8212; any policy. \u00a0The Bush administration issued press releases for any enforcement case greater than $70,000. We reduced that to $40,000. \u00a0So, Loren, my recommendation: pick a number. Go back to $70,000. Or raise it a bit (considering that OSHA penalties have gone up at Congressional direction). Republican or Democrat, it&#8217;s important. Like it or not, OSHA is a law enforcement agency. A small law enforcement agency that needs to make itself look bigger than it really is. And publicizing OSHA&#8217;s enforcement actions is the main tool that OSHA to protect workers by letting the world know that you are serious about carrying out the mission of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>And on a personal note, I worked with Loren for two years while we were both staffing the House Education and Labor Committee from 2007 to 2009. \u00a0 It&#8217;s a much harder job than anyone can imagine. I wish her the best and hope she has time to see her family occasionally. I had already launched my kids before taking the job, and for some reason that I&#8217;ll never fathom, my wife did not leave me during the eight years I did little else but work &#8212; and bike (which was somewhat <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/34831416916_cbf587d624_z.jpg\">less<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/34831416916_cbf587d624_z.jpg\">successful <\/a>than the work part.)<\/p>\n<p>So good luck Loren. My commitment to you is to provide you with valuable advice now and then. And to always let you know when you&#8217;re doing a good job, and when you &#8230;. have room for improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to OSHA&#8217;s Organizational Chart, Loren Sweatt has now made the long voyage across the National Mall to become OSHA&#8217;s new political Deputy Assistant Secretary &#8212; and the agency&#8217;s first political appointee of the Trump administration. \u00a0I&#8217;m assuming she will be &#8212; in effect if not in name &#8212; OSHA&#8217;s Acting Assistant Secretary, although the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osha","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sweatt Starts at OSHA as........?? - Confined Space<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Loren Sweatt starts as OSHA&#039;s political deputy. 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