Biden Picks Ex-NLRB Lawyer to Join Worker Safety Appeals Panel

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated labor-side attorney Mark Eskenazi to the currently stalled administrative panel that hears appeals of OSHA citations.

The nomination of Eskenazi, a former National Labor Relations Board lawyer, potentially clears the way for the US Senate to confirm him and the already-nominated Amanda Wood Laihow, filling the three-member panel’s two vacant seats.

The US Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has operated for more than a year without a quorum, with Chair Cynthia Attwood serving as its sole member. It thus has been unable to decide cases where an employer or the Occupational Safety ...