{"id":9779,"date":"2025-06-09T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oshadefensereport.com\/?p=9779"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:34:15","slug":"a-brief-preview-of-the-future-of-workplace-safety-health-trumps-nominee-to-lead-osha-appears-before-the-senate-help-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/osha-defense-report\/a-brief-preview-of-the-future-of-workplace-safety-health-trumps-nominee-to-lead-osha-appears-before-the-senate-help-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"A (Brief) Preview of the Future of Workplace Safety & Health: Trump\u2019s Nominee to Lead OSHA Appears Before the Senate HELP Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Aaron Gelb<\/a>, Eric J. Conn<\/a>, Kate McMahon<\/a>, and Rachel Conn<\/a><\/p>\n

On Thursday, June 5, David Keeling, President Trump\u2019s nominee to serve as\u00a0Assistant Secretary of Labor (OSHA), appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the \u201cHELP Committee\u201d).\u00a0 After starting his career as a package handler, and member of the Teamsters union, at United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1985, held a variety of safety-focused roles, eventually serving as the global head of safety for the package handling giant.\u00a0 After his long and distinguished career in safety at UPS, Keeling served as the Director of Road and Transportation Safety at Amazon from 2021 to 2023, during which time the company was working to resolve OSHA investigations through improved ergonomic safety procedures.<\/p>\n

Regular readers of the OSHA Defense Report no doubt recall that during the first Trump Administration (2017-2021), for the first time in OSHA\u2019s history, the agency went four years without a Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary at the helm.\u00a0 The second Trump Administration appears to be taking a very different approach by quickly nominating Keeling and ensuring that he gets his turn before the Senate HELP Committee before the Summer begins, increasing the odds that there will be a Trump-appointed Head of OSHA before the Fall of the first year of President\u2019s Trump second term.<\/p>\n

Keeling prefaced his remarks by stating OSHA finds itself at a crossroads and risks losing its position of leadership in the global health and safety space if it does not change.\u00a0 Rather than place the blame at the feet of OSHA\u2019s people or past leaders, Keeling believes that outdated systems and processes have thwarted efforts at common sense improvement. If confirmed, Keeling plans to prioritize 3 \u201cstraightforward and simple\u201d goals:<\/p>\n

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    1. Regulatory Oversight and Rulemaking<\/strong>.\u00a0 Characterizing many of OSHA\u2019s existing standards as antiquated or inapplicable due to modernization and\/or technological advancements, Keeling committed as his first priority to accelerate the modernization current standards by using technology and predictive analytics to move from simple regulatory compliance and post-injury response to injury prevention through informed design. \u00a0As part of this effort, he would seek to leverage existing global industry consensus standards which he describes as having gone through more rigorous review, regular updating, and continuous improvement than many of OSHA\u2019s existing rules. \u00a0This likely refers to OSHA\u2019s stalled efforts to modernize the Hazardous Energy Control (LOTO) standard, so that employers can began utilizing alternative methods provided they can reduce risk to acceptable level as set forth in ANSI Z244.1, and other standards.<\/li>\n
    2. Public\/Private Partnerships<\/strong>. Asserting that professional groups, companies, and unions all want the same thing\u2014safer and healthier workplaces\u2014while acknowledging that the parties sometimes differ on the best way to achieve that goal, Keeling said that he intends to expand OSHA\u2019s leadership in a concerted effort to \u201cmove beyond existing silos and self-imposed barriers to achieve real improvement.\u201d\u00a0 Significantly, Keeling stated that \u201cnothing is more beneficial than collaboration between employers and employees.\u201d\u00a0 It remains to be seen whether OSHA actually takes steps to require employers to create safety committees (as some state plans do) or to seek employee input in the development of safety programs and\/or procedures.\u00a0 Imposing such requirements would qualify as something of a surprise but this is certainly an area to watch closely.\u00a0 Keeling also told the Committee that he believes most safety improvements come from the employees on the front lines, suggesting that he may put pressure on employers to create safety committees and\/or mandate efforts to obtain employee input.\u00a0 As part of his effort to get different groups working together, Keeling will focus on modernizing and updating OSHA\u2019s Voluntary Protection Programs. Describing the current VPP programs as providing only a basic platform, Keeling maintained that critical work needs to be done in this area to achieve successful outcomes.<\/li>\n
    3. Enforcement Transformation<\/strong>. \u00a0Explaining that technologies exist today that were not available when most OSHA standards were promulgated, Keeling testified that OSHA now has the ability to use existing data to greatly enhance on-site safety efforts through predictive analytics, emphasizing that the agency must engage at-risk employers and employees through proactive risk mitigation and reduction programs before a serious accident or fatality occurs.\u00a0 While he did not provide specifics as part of his prepared remarks, Keeling may be referring to efforts to replace OSHA\u2019s current recordkeeping requirements with Safety 2.0 principles surrounding Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs) and potential Serious Incidents and Fatalities (pSIFs), often referred to as the Stuff That Can Kill You (STCKY).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Workplace Violence in Healthcare Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Given that he was one of four nominees appearing before the Committee, Keeling faced a limited number of questions, in large part due to the fact that two of his fellow nominees (for roles in the Department of Education) faced the majority of questions from both sides of the aisle.\u00a0 One of Keeling\u2019s answers, however, has piqued the interest of many in the workplace safety and health community.\u00a0 When asked by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) whether he would commit to finalizing OSHA\u2019s Prevention of Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance standard, Keeling mentioned that he has two relatives who work in healthcare before committing to working with Sen. Baldwin\u2019s office on the proposed standard, characterizing it as \u201ca massive opportunity for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Notably, Sen. Baldwin recently introduced The\u00a0Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare and Social Services Act <\/em>which directs OSHA to issue a standard requiring health care and social service employers to write and implement a workplace violence prevention plan to prevent and protect employees from violent incidents.\u00a0 While a number of commentators have seized on this brief exchange to trumpet that Keeling will support a broad-based workplace violence standard for general industry, both the question and answer make it clear that the only industry segments likely to be covered by such a standard are healthcare and social services.\u00a0 Of course, it is possible that OSHA will seek to cover other industries sectors such as late-night retail, or even hospitality.\u00a0 Although unlikely, OSHA could even undertake a series of separate rulemakings focused on discrete industries as Washington State is currently doing with respect to ergonomics. A workplace violence prevention regulation at the federal level would follow a national trend at the state level, including California\u2019s statute for general industry<\/a><\/strong> and New York\u2019s retail specific legislation<\/strong>.<\/a> \u00a0In addition, seventeen states currently have a workplace violence prevention statute or regulation for healthcare.<\/p>\n

      Emergency Response Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n

      While OSHA\u2019s proposed heat illness rule has and continues to be a top priority for employers and employee groups alike, the proposed Emergency Response Standard has perhaps been the most controversial, drawing fierce opposition from a variety of first responder groups.\u00a0 This proposed rule that would update and replace the existing Fire Brigades standard, which hasn’t been significantly updated since 1980, imposing requirements that many observers worry would impose crippling financial burdens on volunteer fire departments and other entities.\u00a0 When asked by Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) whether he would shepherd this proposed standard through, Keeling highlighted the potential budgetary impacts of the rule before repeating\u2014several times\u2014that he does see a path through which the standard could be finalized.\u00a0 Noting that he has not spoken with the career professionals at OSHA yet as he is still a nominee, Keeling told Sen. Alsobrooks that the proposed ERS standard would be the subject of one of his first conversations with the career people at OSHA if and when he is confirmed.<\/p>\n

      The Future of NIOSH<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Keeling\u2019s last question came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who asked whether OSHA can and will fill the data and information gap that is likely to be created by the changes at NIOSH.\u00a0 After acknowledging that a gap will exist and reiterating that he would first want to speak with the career people at OSHA, Keeling said that he believes a path forward exists using data obtained from private resources and professional groups.\u00a0 Keeling acknowledged, however, that doing so would not be easy and would likely not fully replace what NIOSH has historically done.\u00a0 Given the bipartisan response to the NIOSH cuts, it is not surprising that a dedicated safety professional like Keeling would strive to help offset the anticipated changes at NIOSH.<\/p>\n

      Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n

      As explained in prior OSHA Defense Reports, Keeling\u2019s nomination has generally been well-received by stakeholders across the spectrum, from labor, to employee rights advocates, and employers alike.\u00a0 Key members of the business community appreciate his solid technical safety credentials and hands-on experience with workplace safety and have been encouraged by his interest in public\/private partnerships. His leadership will be crucial in balancing the challenges of a smaller federal workforce and reduced budget while sustaining OSHA\u2019s mission to protect workers.\u00a0 His appearance did nothing to dampen those expectations and the regulated community looks forward to working with him as well as the career professionals once he is confirmed\u2014hopefully soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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