OSHA Updates Targeted Workplaces Inspection Program December 17, 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is updating its inspection program that targets its enforcement resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses.
The Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Directive is OSHA’s primary targeting program for non-construction establishments with 20 or more employees. The agency selects establishments based on injury and illness data employers submitted on Form 300A for calendar years 2017-2019. Business use Form 300A to report a yearly summary of illnesses and injuries.
The new directive, effective Dec. 14, 2020, replaces one from 2016, and includes the following:
High-Rate Establishments: The SST plan selects individual establishments for inspection based on CY 2019 Form 300A data. Because average DART rates vary widely among industries, OSHA will set one DART rate for manufacturing and a different
Dec 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is updating its inspection program that directs agency enforcement resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses.
The Site-Specific Targeting (SST)Directive is OSHA s primary targeting program for non-construction establishments with 20 or more employees. The agency selects establishments based on injury and illness data employers submitted on Form 300A for calendar years 2017-2019.
The new directive replaces Site-Specific Targeting 2016, and includes the following significant changes:
The creation of a new targeting category for establishments indicating consistent injury and illness rate increases over the three-year data collection period, and