OSHA’s new inspection weighting re-prioritizes what its safety officers will focus on, beginning with the start of the new federal fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2015. What hazards are going to receive more attention from inspectors?
Traditionally, OSHA would count the number of inspections each year as a metric. At its peak, the federal agency alone (not counting states with their own workplace safety agencies) performed just north of 40,000 inspections per year.
