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14,000 High Rate
Workplaces Receiving OSHA Letters
OSHA has recently identified and sent letters
to almost 14,000 workplaces with the highest occupational injury
and illness rates urging the employers to take action to eliminate
hazards causing the high rates. Employers receiving the letters
were also provided copies of their injury and illness data, along
with a list of the most frequently violated OSHA standards for
their specific industry.
OSHA identified the workplaces through employer-reported data from
a 2004 survey of 80,000 worksites (the survey consisted of data
from calendar year 2003). The workplaces identified had 6.5 or
more injuries or illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted
work activity, or job transfer (DART) for every 100 full-time workers.
The national average during 2003 was 2.6 DART instances for every
100 workers.
As in previous years, the list of establishments that received
the letters has been posted on OSHA's website www.osha.gov/as/opa/foia/hot_11.html and
is attached below for your reference (in Excel format). Being on
the list and receiving a letter does not necessarily mean that
OSHA will inspect that workplace. However, if the establishment's
2003 DART rate, as reported to OSHA, is high enough, the workplace
could be targeted by OSHA later this year for inspection under
the Agency's Site Specific Targeting (SST) Program. The "cut-off" DART
rates for SST inspections based on 2003 injury and illness data
have not yet been determined. In the past, a DART rate as low as
8 has been enough to place the establishment on a secondary list
for inspection, while a DART rate of 15 or above guaranteed an
inspection.
Click here for a copy of the Excel
file.
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