OSHA Survey

Contributed by Eric Tofte, Director of Training, Evergreen Safety Council
On March 9, 2010 OSHA notified 15,000 workplaces nationwide of high injury and illness rates. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration they surveyed employers to collect workplace injury and illness data it uses to identify employers whose injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average. A letter has been sent to about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities or job transfers, known as the DART rate.

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