OIG Blasts Site-Specific Targeting Program; OSHA Says Revisions Would Require Major Shift

The Labor Department Inspector General charges that OSHA's site-specific targeting program left out 26 percent of worksites with reported severe injuries and illnesses, but OSHA is pushing back against the OIG's call for major changes to the scope of data the agency uses to target work sites. The agency told the OIG the changes would require a major policy shift outside the agency's regulatory control and could ultimately limit the agency's access to data. The recommendations are contained in a new report issued by OIG finding that SST inspections excluded some of the highest-risk industries a