Some OSHA Stats
In fiscal 2009, Federal OSHA conducted 797 fatality inspections, down from 936 the previous year. The year before that, the agency performed 1,043 fatality inspections; the year before that, 1,081; and the year before that, 1,114.
The percentage of violations issued as serious also has been rising over the last five years, increasing from 72 percent in 2005 to 77 percent in 2009.
In fiscal 2009, OSHA conducted 39,004 inspections, a 0.9 percent increase over the 38,667 inspections in 2008.
The agency also issued 87,663 citations in fiscal 2009, up 0.5 percent from the 87,210 citations the previous year.
The 2009 in-compliance rate was 25 percent, meaning 75 percent of the time OSHA inspectors found hazards and issued citations. In 2008 the rate was 23 percent.
