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TABLE 4

NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, BY TYPE
FY 1972 - FY 2000

Fiscal
Year		   Serious   Other than
Serious		   Willful   Repeat   Failure to
Abate		   Unclass.   Total
                             
1972*                           102,833
1973   1,798   142,629   20   80   293       144,820
1974   3,164   287,853   107   920   960       293,004
1975   4,077   309,781   195   2,328   1,635       318,016
1976   7,908   369,291   201   4,592   1,489       383,481
Trans.**   2,273   65,729   61   1,248   336       69,647
1977   20,708   152,924   217   4,235   1,289       179,373
1978   32,800   96,796   682   4,124   993       135,395
1979   37,071   85,689   880   3,819   864       128,323
1980   44,153   84,108   1,017   3,447   731       133,456
1981   31,352   76,599   411   2,130   272       110,764
1982   22,484   74,091   77   1,250   211       98,113
1983   25,504   81,838   171   1,466   275       109,254
1984   29,621   79,768   158   1,945   332       111,824
1985   32,670   84,194   230   2,541   485       120,120
1986   35,215   89,094   263   3,194   993       128,759
1987   36,476   94,093   437   3,453   1,788       136,247
1988   53,355   93,138   1,016   4,063   2,040       153,612
1989   83,954   90,026   1,666   4,542   2,525       183,167
1990   98,014   62,073   3,614   4,438   1,992   428   170,559
1991   93,002   51,086   2,173   3,493   1,329   125   151,208
1992***   86,807   53,095   610   3,130   699   375   144,716
1993   83,223   49,229   768   2,832   821   178   137,051
1994   88,607   50,277   848   2,499   809   224   143,264
1995   52,818   33,207   625   1,668   490   496   89,304
1996   31,319   20,513   445   1,253   306   435   54,271
1997   52,432   26,655   624   1,847   362   512   82,432
1998   49,279   23,825   457   1,636   336   407   75,940
1999   48,925   24,033   419   1,634   212   584   75,807
2000   51,050   25,469   405   1,827   279   317   79,347
                             

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.
*** Beginning in Fiscal Year 1992, as part of settlement agreements,
OSHA can change the type of violation from "willful" or "repeat" to
"unclassified" - see text.