OSHA is seeking public comment until July 6, 2004, on its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program. The agency wants to determine more accurately how the program is accomplishing its goal of targeting the nation’s most dangerous workplaces for inspection.
First implemented in 1999, the SST program uses data from the OSHA Data Initiative survey to focus OSHA resources on outreach, consultations, technical assistance and target workplaces that have reported high injury and illness rates. Sites selected under the SST program receive both a comprehensive safety and a comprehensive health inspection.