Enforcement is one of three areas OSHA is focusing on in its efforts to encourage continual improvement in workplace safety and health, acting OSHA Administrator Jonathan Snare said at the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) annual Safety 2005 Conference in New Orleans earlier this week.
OSHA is projecting 37,700 inspections for 2005, Snare said, and that in 2004 they exceeded their target of completing 39,167 inspections. As for workplace violations, Snare said OSHA had identified 83,539 violations in 2003, 86,708 in 2004 and 45,545 so far in 2005.