OSHA promotes Scott Ketcham to deputy assistant secretary

Washington — Scott Ketcham has been promoted to deputy assistant secretary at OSHA.
According to the agency’s organizational chart, Ketcham will oversee OSHA’s 10 regions and its directorates of Enforcement Programs and Construction. He joins Jim Frederick as a deputy assistant secretary.
Ketcham has worked for OSHA for two decades in various regional and area offices, most recently as director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs. He has also served as director of the Directorate of Construction. In 2024, he presented the agency’s annual Top 10 list of most frequently cited standards at the annual NSC Safety Congress and Expo in Orlando, FL.
Erin Gilmore succeeds Ketcham as director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs, taking on the role in an acting capacity. Most recently, she had served as the directorate’s deputy director.
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