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ARTICLE · 11 JANUARY 2013

OSHA Issues Its Annual Inspection Plan

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annually updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program designed to focus agency inspection resources on workplaces that experience the highest injury and illness rates.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annually updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program designed to focus agency inspection resources on workplaces that experience the highest injury and illness rates. The information on these rates is derived from the OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) survey of approximately 80,000 establishments in selected high-hazard industries. The latest SST program (SST-12) is effective as of January 4, 2013, and applies only to high-hazard, non-construction employers with 20 or more employees.

The OSHA directive (pdf) setting forth the terms of the SST-12 describes the various inspection lists OSHA compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) will use and the worksites to which they apply; outlines the agency's scheduling and inspection procedures; defines key terms; and discusses OSHA industry coding. The appendices to the document provide information on the industry groups included in the 2011 ODI; sets

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