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OSHA Unveils its Site-Specific Targeting Plan for 2008

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OSHA announced today that its 2008 Site-Specific Targeting (SST) plan will focus on approximately 3,800 high-hazard worksites on its primary list for unannounced comprehensive safety inspections over the coming year. Over the past ten years, the agency has used an SST inspection program based on injury and illness data. This year's program was developed using the agency's Data Initiative for 2007, which surveyed approximately 80,000 employers to obtain their injury and illness numbers for 2006.

"We will make effective use of our inspection resources to focus our targeted inspection program on those workplaces with the highest injury and illness rates," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. "This program emphasizes to employers the importance of our enforcement efforts in ensuring safe working conditions for employees."

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