Michael T. Taylor is an attorney in the Washington D.C. office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Mike focuses on all aspects of occupational safety and health law. He represents employers and trade associations during federal and state OSHA enforcement litigation and rulemaking proceedings. He also provides OSHA inspection counseling, safety and health compliance counseling, catastrophe management, safety and health audits, safety and health due diligence reviews, and whistleblower representation for clients. In addition, he represents employers and trade associations in a wide range of industries, including, but not limited to, health care, chemical, petrochemical, electric utility, manufacturing, construction, and food services. Mike has participated in hundreds of OSHA inspections and helped defend employers on a broad range of issues including, but not limited to, alleged violations of the General Duty Clause; Permit-Required Confined Space; Hazard Communication; Personal Protective Equipment; Machine Guarding; Flammable and Combustible Liquids; Lockout/Tagout; Process Safety Management; Combustible Dust; and Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution standards. He represented a major trade association in response to OSHA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Combustible Dust (74 FR 54334, 10/21/09). He also represented a major trade association in response to OSHA’s Proposed Rule regarding the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution standard (70 FR 34821, 6/15/05).

Tom Slavin is global safety and health director for Navistar Inc., a major manufacturer of trucks, buses and diesel engines. He has over 30 years experience in safety, health and ergonomics. Tom holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Illinois, an MS in Occupational and Environmental Health from Wayne State University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH), a certified safety professional (CSP), a certified safety and health manager (CSHM), and a certified professional environmental auditor (CPEA). Tom chairs the Safety and Health Committee of the American Foundry Society, the Occupational Safety and Health Committee of the National Association of Manufacturers, and is vice chair of ASTM International’s E34 Safety and Health Standards Committee. A frequent speaker at national safety and health conferences, Tom has authored/co-authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on ergonomics, productivity, diesel, silica, ultrafine particle exposure, and other health and safety issues. He has received the American Foundry Society’s Childress-Loebler Environmental Health and Safety Lifetime Achievement Award and is an ASTM fellow and Award of Merit recipient. 

Jeffrey A. Willman graduated from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL with a BS in Technology in 1995 with a double concentration on Occupational Safety and Health and Industrial Engineering Management. From October 1994-January 2000 Jeff was the Vice President and Director of Saferisk Loss Control in Gadsden, AL. Jeff started working for McWane in January, 2000 at M&H Valve Company, Anniston, AL as the Safety Manager. Jeff was promoted in March 2001 to Safety Director at the Tyler Pipe Company, located in Tyler, TX. Jeff is currently a member of McWane’s Safety and Health Team, which supports several facilities within the McWane umbrella.