OSHA Data

Written by rob g

Updated at July 15th, 2021

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Overview

Inspection Info

Dates

Open date is the date of inspection
Modification date is the most recent activity regarding the inspection
Load date is when the data file was last processed

Inspection Type

Inspections are typically planned, but will also include referral, employee complaint, reported incident, etc.

Planned inspections (also known as programmed inspections) are usually comprehensive whereas unprogrammed (coming from a referral or complaint) are partial and focus on the specific work area, operation, machine, etc that was reported in the complaint.

Union Status

Indicates if employees are union

Violations

Standard

This is the standard that was violated.

Type

Violation type factors into the penalty charged. Violations can be Serious, Other (other than serious), Repeated (meaning this isn't the first time they've been told to fix a problem), Posting Requirements or Failure to Abate. Below is a table indicating min and max amounts -

Type of Violation	Penalty Minimum	Penalty Maximum
Serious	[$975] per violation	$13,653 per violation
Other-Than-Serious	$0 per violation	$13,653 per violation
Willful or Repeated	[$9,753*] per violation	$136,532 per violation
Posting Requirements	$0 per violation	$13,653 per violation
Failure to Abate	N/A	$13,653 per day unabated beyond the abatement date [generally limited to 30 days maximum]

Gravity

Gravity is a factor in Serious violations - 10 is high, 5 is moderate and 1 is low. Below table indicates gravity based penalty amounts -

Severity	Probability	GBP	Gravity	OIS Code
High	Greater	$13,653	High	10
Medium	Greater	$11,703	Moderate	5
Low	Greater	$9,753	Moderate	5
High	Lesser	$9,753	Moderate	5
Medium	Lesser	$7,802	Moderate	5
Low	Lesser	$5,851	Low	1

Penalty

These are the fines charged for the violation. Penalties can be adjusted (reduced) with a favorable history (up to 10%), up to 25% for 'good faith efforts' and up to a 70% reduction for size (number of employees). Below table indicates the percent reduction based on size -

Employees	Percent Reduction
1-10	70
11-25	60
26-100	30
101-250	10
251 or more	None

This table is used for Serious Willful Penalties and helps minimize the impact of large penalties for small employers w/ 50 or fewer employees -

Employees	Percent reduction
10 or fewer	80
11-20	60
21-30	50
31-40	40
41-50	30
51-100	20
101-250	10
251 or more	0

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