Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao this week released the Department of Labor's annual enforcement statistics, making the case that workers are safer thanks to strong enforcement and compliance assistance activities of OSHA and MHSA.
In recent years, OSHA and MSHA have focused enforcement on repeat offenders and invested in compliance assistance tools and partnerships that enable well-meaning employers to better protect workers. Chao said the numbers show the clear positive results of the Department's new approach: