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Mandatory Yearly Inspections​

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has the authority to inspect a workplace and issue citations and impose penalties for violations of government safety regulations. Certain facts are a defense to a citation and variances from a safety standard are available in limited circumstances.

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OSHA is the government agency responsible for enforcing occupational safety and health regulations in the workplace. It fulfills this responsibility by inspecting workplaces, issuing citations, and imposing monetary penalties for violations of OSHA safety and health standards.

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It would be next to impossible for OSHA to inspect every workplace to ensure that its standards are being met. 

So what can trigger an inspection of your business? The government's priorities for scheduling OSHA inspections are as follows:

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• Investigation of imminent dangers: Any conditions or practices that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm to employees immediately or before enforcement action could be taken (these investigations are conducted within 24 hours).

• Fatality and catastrophe investigations: Any work-related incident that results in the death of an employee or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees (such incidents must be reported to the nearest OSHA office by telephone or in person within eight hours of the incident).

• Investigations of complaints: For example, complaints made by employees, and referrals.

• Programmed inspections: Regularly scheduled inspections in "high hazard" industries.

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Are you in compliance? Get your inspection before it's too late.