President Bush’s budget request of $483.7 million for OSHA in fiscal year 2007 represents an increase of $11.2 million over FY 2006 and includes boosts for federal enforcement, compliance assistance and safety and health statistics, Jonathan L. Snare, acting OSHA chief, announced last month.
Said Snare, "As we celebrate our 35th anniversary as America's workplace safety and health leader, the President has proposed a budget that gives us the resources we need to continue to improve our efforts to further cut worker injuries, illnesses and fatalities. This budget reinforces our balanced approach to worker safety and health — an approach that works."