James Giarraputo - Senior Consultant / OSHA Policy & Technical Assessment.

 James Giarraputo, Senior Consultant / OSHA Policy and Litigation, has over 21 years of direct OSHA experience and is an expert on agency enforcement policies, procedures, and the application of federal OSHA standards. James, during his time at the OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, was responsible for writing various agency wide policies, memorandums, directives, and technical letters of interpretation as well as performing national level reviews of agency significant enforcement actions. James was considered the agency “go-to person” when it came to OSHA’s Field Operations Manual. James has held a wide variety of positions within OSHA prior to his time at national office headquarters. He served for 13 years as an Assistant Area Director supervising field Compliance Safety and Health Officers as well as conducting thousands of formal and informal settlement conferences on behalf of the agency. James also participated in agency outreach and public speaking events as a regional Compliance Assistance Specialist. While starting out his OSHA career as a Compliance Officer, he conducted numerous workplace safety inspections in both construction and general industry. Prior to OSHA, James was a Supervising Construction Inspector and Investigator (IAD Office) with the NYC Department of Buildings. Proudly served, James is also a United States Marine Corps veteran.