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TABLE 6

NUMBER OF CONTESTED CASES, COMPLIANCE SAFETY AND
HEALTH OFFICERS, AND HOURS PER INSPECTION
FY 1972 - FY 2000

          CSHO'S****   Hours per Inspection*****
Fiscal
Year		   Contested
Cases***		    
Safety		   Health  
Safety		   Health
                       
1972*                      
1973   1,298     492   75        
1974   2,418     634   120        
1975   3,156     897   205        
1976   4,987     967   314        
Trans.**   1,274                  
1977   4,192     869   484        
1978   5,468     899   523        
1979   6,685     884   557        
1980   7,375     899   570        
1981   3,553     803   484        
1982   1,469     638   365        
1983   1,165     724   436   10   34
1984   1,196     648   392   10   32
1985   1,225     643   384   10   32
1986   1,558     612   363   11   33
1987   1,950     594   405   12   33
1988   2,802     692   461   13   32
1989   3,465     627   411   15   37
1990   3,280     693   514   16   41
1991   3,333     646   487   17   43
1992   3,783     638   468   17   42
1993   3,377     608   447   17   40
1994   3,569     565   436   16   37
1995   2,050     567   419   20   36
1996   1,608     532   400   26   44
1997   2,020     622   434   21   41
1998   2,058     603   421   22   41
1999   2,231     594   411   23   42
2000   2,351     576   395   22   36
                       

Source: OSHA Integrated Management Information System
* Data are not available for these items for Fiscal Year 1972.
** Transition quarter - see Table 1 footnote.
*** Number of inspections with one or more contested violations.
**** Data for Fiscal Years 1973-1976 are for June and are from the 1981
President's Report on Occupational Safety and Health; data for
Fiscal Years 1977-2000 are for September and are from OSHA's
Office of Program Budgeting and Financial Management.
***** Figures are not considered reliable prior to 1983 because hours data
were collected for less than 1 percent of inspections. Since 1983,
hours information has been obtained for over 95 percent of inspections.