About Us :: John "Grizzy" Grywacz
President Emeritus, OSHA National Training Institute

John subsequently accepted a faculty position at the OSHA National Training Institute and gave up Manhattan residency for the quiet suburbs outside of Chicago.  While continuing to wear many hats within the organization and in his traditional style John immediately began to set precedents and push the envelope. John developed the first advanced level course, competency based curriculum for the OSHA Education Centers and received an Exceptional Achievement Award from Secretary Reich for his participation in the nationwide Government Reinvention initiative, conducting safety and health management systems training.

In his official capacity, John personally conducts safety and health training programs and OSHA seminars from coast to coast as well as beyond the continental borders of the U.S. training literally dozens of Federal Agencies, Numerous State Agencies, State Plan Safety and Health Investigators, corporate safety and health directors, and of course, OSHA compliance officers.  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 500 & 501 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.

John has appeared as an expert witness for OSHA, and served as chief OSHA investigator on complex electrical fatality investigations.  John trains OSHA compliance officers in numerous areas including OSHA policy, safety and health regulations, safety and health management systems, legal aspects of investigations, and enforcement strategies. John has provided forensic analysis on electrical fatalities and accidents for OSHA and incidentally he has never lost an OSHA case in his career. John is referred to as a National Electrical Code Historian by the OSHA National Office and his electrical expertise has shaped OSHA policy as well as the new OSHA Electrical Standard which just became effective in August 2007.  

 John has provided curriculum design assistance for numerous associations and academia and while in the private sector John 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.

 John received his teaching credentials from the State University of New York, and is licensed by the New York State Department of Education.  Prior to his arrival at OSHA, John had been both an educator and administrator for various public and private schools for nearly a decade John held the position of Electronic Department Chairman and subsequently Deputy Director of Education at a New York City proprietary school for four years. John has found time to write and produce training videos and has works published in video, print and film. 

 In addition to being a nationally recognized seminar leader John has taught at Purdue University, University of Southern California at San Diego, Texas A & M University, and the New York State University System, just to name a few.  With over 30,000 hours of platform experience, John is established and recognized as the best electrical safety trainer in the country, and according to John this is due to a revolutionary training concept: students having fun learning! John has officially retired from the Federal Government and the OSHA National Training Institute.