National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health


NACOSH was established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the secretaries of labor and health and human services on occupational safety and health programs and policies. Members of the 12-person advisory committee are chosen on the basis of their knowledge and experience in occupational safety and health.

The 12-member NACOSH has two members representing management, two members representing labor, two members representing the occupational health professions, two members representing the occupational safety professions and four members representing the public. Two of the health representatives and two of the public members are designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, although actual appointment of these members, as well as all other members, is by the Secretary of Labor. The members serve two-year terms.

NACOSH members Dr. Linda Rae Murray, William Borwegen, Peter Dooley and Susan Randolph
NACOSH members Dr. Linda Rae Murray, William Borwegen, Peter Dooley and Susan Randolph discussed worker safety and health issues at the Jan. 19, 2011, meeting.

PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES
Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH*
Assistant Director
Washington Division of Occupational
Safety and Health
P.O. Box 44600
Olympia, WA 98504-4600
Phone: 360-902-4805
Email: silm235@lni.wa.gov
Term expires: March 2012
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH**
Chief Medical Officer
Cook County Department of Health
5344 South Hyde Park Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: 708-836-8656
Email: lindarae.murray@gmail.com
Term expires: March 2012
Lida Orta-Anés, PhD
Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus
P.O. Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Phone: 787-758-2525
Email: lida.orta@upr.edu
Term Expires: December 2012
Gary R. Rosenblum, M.S., CIH, ARM**
Risk Manager, City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, Ca 92260
Phone: 760-346-0611
Fax: 760-340-0574
Email: grosenblum@cityofpalmdesert.org
Term expires: December 2012

MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Joseph Van Houten, Ph.D
Senior Director, Worldwide EHS
Johnson & Johnson
410 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-524-2548
Fax: 732-524-3296
Email: jvanhou1@its.jnj.com
Term expires: March 2012
James Johnson
Group Vice President, Workplace
Safety Initiatives
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143
Phone: 630-775-2221
Fax: 760-340-0574
Email: Jim.Johnson@nsc.org
Term expires: December 2012
   

HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES
Susan Randolph, MSN, RN, COHN-S**
FAAOHN

Clinical Assistant Professor
Occupational Health Nursing Program
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health
1700 Airport Road
CB#7502
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7502
Phone: 919-966-0979
Fax: 919-966-8999
Email: susan.randolph@unc.edu
Term expires: March 2012
William B. Bunn, III, MD, JD, MPH**
Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity
Navistar Inc.
World Headquarters, Cantera
4201 Winfield Road
P.O. Box 1488
Warrenville, IL 60555
Phone: 630-753-2301
Email: william.bunn@navistar.com
Term expires: December 2012

 

LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
William Borwegen, MPH
Director, Occupational Health And Safety
Service Employees International Union
CTW,CLC
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-730-7385
Email: bill.borwegen@seiu.org
Term expires: March 2012
Margaret Seminario, M.S.
Director, Safety and Health
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-637-5366
Email: pseminar@aflcio.org
Term expires: March 2012
   

SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
Peter Dooley, M.S., CSP, CIH
LaborSafe
6301 N. Zeeb Road
Dexter, MI 48130
Phone: 734-320-5160
Email: peterfdooley@gmail.com
Term expires: March 2012
Rixio E. Medina, CSP, CPP
General Partner
Rixio Medina & Associates, L.P.
Managing Member, RE Medina Management LLC
14202 Encantada Avenue #701
Corpus Christi, TX 78418
Phone: 713-876-0427
Email: rixio@medinasafety.com
Term expires: December 2012
   

COMMITTEE CONTACTS
Deborah Page Crawford
Designated Federal Officer
Room N3641
Phone: 202-693-1932
Fax: 202-693-1641
Email: crawford.deborah@dol.gov
Veneta Chatmon (Travel)
Room N3647
Phone: 202-693-1912
Fax: 202-693-1634
Email: chatmon.veneta@dol.gov
Sarah J. Shortall
Committee Counsel
Room S4004
Phone: 202-693-5445
Fax: 202-693-5466
Email: shortall.sarah@dol.gov
Chia C. Chang, MPH, MBA
CDC/NIOSH
Office of the Director
395 E St SW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-245-0656
Email: cuc8@cdc.gov
Committee Address:

U.S. Department of Labor
OSHA/Room N3641
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, Dc 20210
     

*Committee Chairman
**HHS Designees