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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 ...

On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a  press release  updating the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program focusing on workplaces with the highest injury and illness rates, effective immediately . OSHA’s SST inspection program is the agency’s primary planned inspection program for non-construction workplaces with 20 or more employees . This guidance replaces previous agency-issued guidance from 2023 and will terminate two years from the effective date, unless replaced.  The SST inspection program gathers employer-submitted Form 300A data, which requires employers to report the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred within the calendar year . The updated guidance provides that the SST program will use injury and illness data from calendar years 2021-2023 when selecting establishments for inspections. The “Inspection List Selection Criteria” outlined in the updated gui...