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TABLE 3

OSHA INSPECTIONS, BY INDUSTRY
FY 1972 - FY 2000

Fiscal
Year		   Construction   Maritime   Manufacturing   Other
                 
1972*   4,709   8,335        
1973   13,242   7,805   21,846   5,474
1974   27,026   5,483   33,815   11,361
1975   23,641   2,219   37,085   18,783
1976   28,895   1,677   40,016   20,927
Trans.**   5,781   364   7,909   4,225
1977   15,306   1,342   30,954   11,626
1978   14,538   1,322   29,922   11,388
1979   17,938   1,453   27,206   11,005
1980   26,624   1,091   27,330   8,890
1981   25,742   1,084   22,417   7,322
1982   29,632   857   26,442   4,755
1983   33,408   838   28,961   4,522
1984   37,500   851   26,380   6,920
1985   39,633   933   23,580   7,579
1986   34,865   764   20,690   8,030
1987   35,520   737   17,425   7,862
1988   31,051   535   16,922   10,041
1989   28,837   470   15,447   9,925
1990   24,285   570   12,158   8,650
1991   22,412   478   11,097   8,380
1992   22,648   389   10,652   9,113
1993   20,350   389   10,071   9,007
1994   22,763   442   10,677   8,686
1995   13,114   312   8,423   7,522
1996   11,514   314   6,835   5,596
1997   18,333   382   9,183   6,484
1998   18,327   393   9,122   6,767
1999   18,714   408   8,660   6,717
2000   19,628   473   8,618   7,895
                 

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.