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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has about 2,200 inspectors in the United States, which translates to one officer for every 59,000 workers. That is a ton of people to cover every year, and a ton of businesses to scour for violations.
Without OSHA’s diligent efforts, though, the workplace would be a dangerous place. That said, no one is perfect, and workplace injuries and deaths are still a problem. In 2013, there were an average of 12 workplace deaths per day, the lowest number since 1992.
One in five worker deaths come from the construction industry; of these, roughly 38 percent were from falls, 10 percent from being struck by an object, 9 percent from electrocution and about 3 percent being caught inside or between machinery.
OSHA has done wonders for the injury rate in the workplace since 1970. Despite a doubling of U.S. employment, fatalities have gone down by 65 percent and injuries by 67.
Of OSHA’s most common complaints and citations, the top three were:
Violation of fall protection standards
Violation of hazard communication standards
Violation of scaffolding construction requirements
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