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TABLE 2

OSHA INSPECTIONS, BY TYPE
FY 1972 - FY 2000

Fiscal
Year		 Complaint   Accident   Follow-up   Other,
Unprogrammed		   Programmed
                   
1972* 3,266   2,113            
1973 6,602   2,451   7,130   0   32,187
1974 6,479   2,254   12,218   2   56,732
1975 7,242   1,889   15,437   0   57,160
1976 9,618   1,962   16,060   2   63,873
Trans.** 4,985   498   3,443   0   9,353
1977 19,160   1,803   13,806   3   24,456
1978 21,523   2,088   13,375   5   20,179
1979 19,835   2,249   11,687   2,328   21,503
1980 16,100   2,326   11,744   3,372   30,393
1981 13,161   2,201   5,198   2,263   33,741
1982 6,741   1,874   1,586   1,328   50,157
1983 6,361   1,438   1,539   1,475   56,916
1984 7,532   1,498   1,575   4,447   56,599
1985 8,663   1,458   1,480   8,338   51,786
1986 9,085   1,472   1,991   9,013   42,788
1987 9,764   1,433   2,986   10,863   36,498
1988 12,200   1,515   3,413   13,330   28,091
1989 11,869   1,338   3,301   14,593   23,578
1990 10,855   1,354   2,585   12,781   18,067
1991 10,272   1,207   2,040   11,692   17,110
1992 10,923   1,108   1,486   10,148   18,995
1993 10,568   1,073   1,445   9,075   17,577
1994 9,562   1,202   1,355   9,713   20,716
1995 8,590   1,166   934   6,019   12,643
1996 6,721   1,153   665   5,727   9,987
1997 7,714   1,179   903   8,961   15,620
1998 7,949   1,147   683   8,712   16,109
1999 7,998   1,212   682   8,950   15,654
2000 8,440   1,198   509   7,962   18,434

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 - see Table 1 footnote.