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OSHA Enforcement Statistics

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annual enforcement statistics. In fiscal year (FY) 2007, OSHA:

• Conducted 39,324 total inspections – a 4.3 percent increase over its stated goal of 37,700 inspections.
• Issued 88,846 violations of OSHA's standards and regulations – a 6 percent increase from FY 2006.
• Cited 67,176 serious violations – a 9 percent increase from the previous year and a more than 12 percent increase over the past four years.
• Issued 2,714 repeat violations – a rise from 2,551 in FY 2006.

The Fatality and injury and illness rates have continued to decline to record lows. The injury and illness incidence rate of 4.4 per 100 employees for calendar year (CY) 2006 was the lowest that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has ever recorded. Workplace fatality rates hit an all-time low in CY 2006 with 3.9 fatalities per 100,000 employees.

The OSHA Web page, OSHA Enforcement: Striving for Safe and Healthy Workplaces, may be found at: http://www.osha.gov/dep/enforcement/enforcement_results_07.html.

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