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On May 20, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program. The SST inspection program is OSHA’s primary planned inspection initiative for non-construction workplaces with 20 or more employees. The updates are expected to increase on-site inspections in highly regulated sectors, such as warehousing, transportation, distribution, and healthcare. For non-construction workplaces, this update marks a significant shift in how OSHA prioritizes enforcement, relying more heavily on employer-reported injury and illness data or the lack thereof. Under the updated SST program, OSHA will utilize Form 300A data from calendar years 2021-2023 to identify workplaces for inspection based on : High injury and illness rates from 2023 data; Upwardly trending injury and illness rates based on 2021-2023 data at or above twice the 2022 private sector average; Injury and illness rates markedly below industry averages; and Failure to ...

Even the most experienced employers are sure to have questions from time to time about the nation’s workplace safety agency – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). That’s where we come in. The Fisher Phillips Workplace Safety Practice Group has prepared this comprehensive series of FAQs to answer all of your questions – fully updated to keep up with changes to workplace safety laws. The document you have at your disposal covers all of the topics you’ll need to know about besides recordkeeping: employee complaints, agency inspections, agency citations, the process of challenging inspections, complaints and answers, discovery process, OSHRC hearings, post-hearing appeals, miscellaneous issues, and state OSHA plans. TABLE OF CONTENTS Recordkeeping Electronic Recordkeeping Rules Coverage for Electronic Recordkeeping Rule Recordkeeping Forms Employee Complaints Agency Inspections Agency Citations The Process of Challenging Citations Complaints and Answers The Di...