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OSHA Records 73 Percent of Cited Violations Last Year as 'Serious'
www.ohsonline.com ACCORDING to its recently updated OSHA Facts Web site, in Fiscal Year 2006 there were 38,579 federal OSHA inspections, resulting in 83,913 violations. Of those violations, 73.1 percent (61,337) were classified as Serious, which are violations in which there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result and for which the employer knew, or should have known, of the hazard.
Construction accounted for the highest amount of federal OSHA inspections (59.3 percent), followed by manufacturing (19.9 percent) and maritime (1 percent). "Other industries" accounted for 19.7 percent of the inspections.
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