Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. is a partner with Fisher Phillips LLP in the Atlanta office and the Washington, D.C. Metro office located in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Foulke is co-chair of the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. He is also the President of Fisher Phillips Safety Solutions, LLC. Mr. Foulke’s practice includes workplace safety compliance and strategic safety planning, defense of employers in responding to workplace health and safety cases, providing advice and assistance to employers in responding to workplace fatalities and catastrophic accidents, handling whistleblower complaints and providing advice and assistance to employers in legislative and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining Fisher Phillips, Mr. Foulke was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. As head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mr. Foulke oversaw its staff of more than 2,200 safety and health professionals, whistleblower investigators and support personnel. Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA on September 15, 2005, Mr. Foulke was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 15, 2006. During his tenure at OSHA, workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities rates dropped to their lowest level in recorded history.
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