Jim Maddux Named New Head of OSHA’s Construction Directorate

Dec. 20, 2010
OSHA Administrator David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, appointed Jim Maddux as the new director of the agency’s Directorate of Construction. His appointment is effective Monday, Dec. 20

OSHA Administrator David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, appointed Jim Maddux as the new director of the agency’s Directorate of Construction. His appointment is effective Monday, Dec. 20.

Most recently, Maddux served in OSHA’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance as the director of the Office of Physical Hazards and acting director of the Office of Engineering Safety. He has held several leadership positions at OSHA, including director of the Office of Maritime and acting deputy director for the Directorate of Standards and Guidance.

“Jim has been a valuable member of the OSHA team for over 20 years,” said Michaels. “I congratulate him on his new position, and I am confident that he will be an effective leader in construction safety working to accomplish the agency's mission of protecting America’s workers.”

Maddux began his career with OSHA in 1990 as a statistician in the Office of Statistics and joined the Directorate of Standards and Guidance in 1998. He has been a project director, author and contributor to numerous OSHA standards and guidance projects, including the payment for personal protective equipment standard, injury and illness recordkeeping regulations, ergonomics guidelines and several maritime standards and guidance products.

Maddux holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland, University College; an associate’s degree in computer information systems from Laramie County Community College; and an associate’s degree in chemistry from Northern Wyoming Community College.

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