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Maureen Ruskin

Maureen Ruskin

Deputy Director Directorate of Standards and Guidance, US Occupational Safety and Health Administration Department of Labor, United States

Maureen Ruskin is currently the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Standards and Guidance for US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Maureen joined OSHA in 1997 and since then has worked on several occupational health standards as well as the Hazard Communication Standard. Prior to working at OSHA, she worked in the chemical industry for 12 years.

Maureen is also the Chair of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System for classification and labeling of Hazardous Chemicals (GHS).