Risk Management
GEAPS Exchange 2025: OSHA Update


Speaker: Jess McCluer
Session Description
Update on emerging regulatory issues within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Meet The Speaker

Jess McCluer
Senior Vice President, Safety & Regulatory
National Grain and Feed Association
Jess McCluer, Senior Vice President, Safety and Regulatory with the National Grain and Feed Association is responsible for directing and managing the NGFA’s wide-ranging operations programs for grain elevators, feed mills and grain processing plants.
This includes NGFA’s activities regarding employee safety and industrial health, environmental issues, grain-handling facility design and equipment, grain inspection and weighing issues, grain and feed quality, crop technology, trade and agroterrorism/facility security related issues.
Jess also serves as Chairman of the Department of Homeland Security, Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council and represents NGFA on the USDA’s Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds, and Planting Seeds. The Journal of Agromedicine selected Jess as its 2021 “Leader in the Field.” The annual award is for those who have made significant contributions in agricultural safety and health practice, policy, and research.
Jess received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, and his Masters of Arts from the George Washington University.