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Michael G. Connors, administrator of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Chicago regional office, has been named
the agencyþs new deputy assistant secretary. He will assume his new
duties on January 17.
As deputy assistant secretary, Connors will direct and
coordinate the activities of OSHA's regional and area offices. He will also be
responsible for OSHA's directorates of federal and state operations, compliance
programs and construction.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Joseph A. Dear called Connors
þan excellent addition to his national office executive staff.
"Mike brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the
deputy assistant secretary position," he said. "He was a pivotal player on our
area office redesign team and will provide a key role in implementing the
agencyþs reinvention efforts in the field. He is also known as a strong
enforcer of workplace safety and health issues."
Before beginning work in OSHA's Cincinnati area office,
Connors worked as an industrial hygienist for the State of Ohio. He assumed
duties as assistant regional administrator for technical support in the Chicago
regional office in November 1980. In April 1982 he was named that
regionþs deputy regional administrator, a position he held until assuming
regional administrator duties in April 1988. He and his wife, Susan Salem, have
one daughter. Connors has a bachelor of arts degree in zoology from Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, and a master of science degree in environmental
health from the University of Cincinnati..
Connors replaces James W. Stanley who is leaving OSHA to
work in private industry.
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