Amanda Laihow Set to Be OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Pick

Attorney Amanda Wood Laihow is slated to become the political deputy assistant secretary at the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Laihow—who previously served as a commissioner for the independent agency that reviews OSHA citations—would work alongside Scott Ketcham, the career-side deputy at the agency, which enforces workplace safety laws and regulations.

They will eventually report to a new OSHA head under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has yet to name a nominee, who would then need Senate confirmation. Trump’s pick for labor secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, ...