OSHA Implements Inspection Program To Target Workplaces with Highest Injury and Illness Rates

"The U.S. Department of Labor announced (earlier this month) that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is updating its inspection program that directs agency enforcement resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses.

The Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Directive is OSHA's primary targeting program for non-construction establishments with 20 or more employees. The agency selects establishments based on injury and illness data employers submitted on Form 300A for calendar years 2017-2019.

The new directive replaces Site-Specific Targeting 2016, and includes the following significant changes:

The creation of a new targeting category for establishments indicating consistent injury and illness rate increases over the three-year data collection period, and

Allows records only inspections to occur when a compliance safety and health officer determines incorrect data led to an establishment's inclusion in the program. This change ensures OSHA will conduct a full inspection only when the employer has an actual elevated injury and illness experience."

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/12162020

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