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20th Century OSHA Enforcement Data

TABLE 1

OSHA INSPECTIONS
FY 1972 - FY 2000

Fiscal
Year		   Total
Inspections		   Records
Inspections		   Safety
Inspections		   Health
Inspections
                 
1972*   32,661            
1973   48,370       45,197   3,173
1974   77,685       73,661   4,024
1975   81,728       76,113   5,615
1976   91,515       83,755   7,760
Trans.**   18,279       16,537   1,742
1977   59,228       50,022   9,206
1978   57,170       46,505   10,665
1979   57,602       46,664   10,938
1980   63,935   1   52,015   11,920
1981   56,565   17   45,947   10,618
1982   61,686   8,663   52,441   9,245
1983   67,729   10,243   57,647   10,082
1984   71,651   9,270   60,486   11,165
1985   71,725   7,180   60,864   10,861
1986   64,349   4,635   54,510   9,839
1987   61,544   2,398   51,781   9,763
1988   58,549   1,039   46,945   11,604
1989   54,679   300   44,031   10,648
1990   45,663   192   36,592   9,071
1991   42,367   56   33,372   8,995
1992   42,802   137   33,603   9,199
1993   39,817   67   30,789   9,028
1994   42,568   9   32,957   9,611
1995   29,371   7   21,613   7,758
1996   24,259       18,087   6,172
1997   34,382   3   26,023   8,359
1998   34,609   281   26,420   8,189
1999   34,499   369   26,658   7,841
2000   36,613   695   27,889   8,724

Chart 1

Source: OSHA Integrated Management Information System
* Data for Fiscal Year 1972 are from the President's Report on
Occupational Safety and Health, December 1973.
** Transition quarter - used to change fiscal year to run from October
through September. Prior fiscal years ran from July through June.