UPDATED with another week of data…
Have you ever wondered just how busy is OSHA? How many inspections does OSHA do in a single month? What are they working on? Who are they visiting? Why are they visiting certain workplaces and not others? Are they “picking on any one”? etc. Well I have a look into two months of inspection history from 1/19/15 to 2/18/15. In this month, OSHA has:
1/25/15 to 2/24/15
Source: OSHA Inspection Data
Coverage: National
Period:30 days (1/25/15 to 2/24/15)
New Inspections: Opened in the last 30 days = 538
Closed Inspections: Closed in the last 30 days = 1,548
Ongoing Inspections: Opened prior to 30 day reporting period and still not closed = 112,608
Inspections with Violations = 104
Inspections with no Violations = 434 (Based on number of New Inspections only)
Assessed Penalties= $0.1M (Assessed Penalties for violations issued under New Inspections only)
Inspection Types:
- Planned Inspections: 280 (52%)
- Complaint: 77 (14%)
- Referrals: 59 (11%)
- Follow-Up: 59 (11%)
- Program Related: 32 (6%)
- Un-Prog Related: 19 (4%)
- Other: 12 (2%)
Issued…
- 6 Willfuls
- 1,255 Serious
- 45 Repeats
- 1,035 Other than serious
NAICS: Top Ten
- 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (32)
- 238160: Roofing Contractors (24)
- 332710: Machine Shops (15)
- 238130: Framing Contractors (14)
- 236115: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (13)
- 238170: Siding Contractors (12)
- 238220: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (11)
- 237310: Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (11)
- 238120: Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors (9)
- 238210: Electrical Contractors (9)
Source: Department of Labor
1/19/15 to 2/18/15
- 112,754 Ongoing Inspections
- Started 627 New Inspections
- Closed 1,778 Inspections
- assessed penalties in the amount of $0.2M (i.e. $200,000)
- completed 510 Inspections with NO violations
- completed 117 Inspections with violations
Inspection Types:
- Planned Inspections: 334 (53%)
- Complaint: 88 (14%)
- Referrals: 72 (11%)
- Follow-Up: 55 (9%)
- Program Related: 37 (6%)
- Un-Prog Related: 25 (4%)
- Other: 16 (3%)
Issued…
- 12 Willfuls
- 1,479 Serious
- 64 Repeats
- 1,224 Other than serious
NAICS: Top Ten
- 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (48)
- 238160: Roofing Contractors (25)
- 238130: Framing Contractors (18)
- 332710: Machine Shops (16)
- 238220: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (14)
- 236115: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (14)
- 238140: Masonry Contractors (13)
- 238210: Electrical Contractors (13)
- 237310: Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (11)
- 236118: Residential Remodelers (10)
Source: Department of Labor