John “Grizzy” Grzywacz Professor Emeritus U.S. Department of Labor OSHA National Training Institute email: oshaprofessor@yahoo.com Tel: (847) 436-7745

OSHA National Training Institute icon and senior faculty member, Professor John “Grizzy” Grzywacz is now available to provide training and consultation for your  needs.

Grizzy, as he likes to be called, has been recognized by OSHA’s National Office in Washington, D.C. as both a National Electrical Code (NEC®) historian as well as “the best electrical safety trainer in the country!”  Certainly, at the very least, Grizzy has been OSHA’s electrical safety guru and has been instrumental in shaping and interpreting OSHA policy and regulations over the years. Having assisted OSHA compliance officers with significant electrical cases and fatality investigations over the years, many compliance officers have stated that “Grizzy's departure marks the end of an era.” at OSHA’s National Training Institute.

In addition to training both Federal and State OSHA investigators, Grizzy has trained numerous U.S. Federal agencies, as well as Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and private sector employees throughout the U.S. as well as overseas. Some of the courses he has chaired and taught for OSHA include: Electrical Standards, Electrical Safety Related Work Practices and NFPA 70E, Electrical Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, OSHA Train the Trainer courses, OSHA 10 & 30 Hour Outreach courses, Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards, Mechanical Power Press Guarding,  Introduction to Safety Standards for  Safety Officers, Inspection Techniques and Legal Aspects, Collateral Safety for Federal Agencies, Occupational Safety and Health Course for Other Federal Agencies, as well as numerous seminars for conferences and special events.

Grizzy has appeared as an expert witness for OSHA, and served as chief OSHA investigator on complex electrical fatality investigations.  For over two decades he has trained OSHA compliance officers in numerous areas  including OSHA policy, safety and health regulations including NFPA 70 (NEC®), NFPA 70E, OSHA’s electrical standards, safety and health management systems, legal aspects of investigations, and enforcement strategies. Not only has he provided forensic analysis on electrical fatalities and accidents for OSHA he enjoys the unique distinction of never having lost an OSHA case in his career.  His electrical expertise has not only shaped OSHA policy but also the new OSHA Electrical Standard which became effective in August 2007.  Grizzy is currently a member of the ASTM F-18 Committee which writes the “Electrical Protective Equipment for Workers” standards.
 
Grizzy has provided curriculum design assistance for numerous associations and academia and while in the private sector Grizzy received special recognition by the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS) for precedent setting development and implementation of state of the art competency based curriculum and instructional media design.

Licensed by the Department of Education, Grizzy had been both an educator and administrator for various public and private schools and held the position of Electronic Department Chairman and subsequently Deputy Director of Education at a New York City proprietary school.  In addition to being a nationally recognized seminar leader with over 30, 000 hours of platform experience, Grizzy has taught at Purdue University, University of Southern California at San Diego, Texas A & M University, Northern Illinois University, and the New York State University System to name a few. With numerous published works in video and print which have assisted safety professionals and helped workers for decades, he promises it will continue.

With over two decades as OSHA’s electrical expert and senior professor at OSHA National Training Institute, the early retirement opportunity recently offered by the U.S. Labor department makes Grizzy available now to provide you with training and consulting assistance never before available to this extent outside of the OSHA agency.