OSHA has come out with 15 draft performance measures that the agency and state plan officials agreed should be considered for future evaluations of state OSHA plan effectiveness. The agency breaks the proposed measures down into seven categories: inspections; complaints; hazard identification and violation classification; discrimination (safety and health whistleblower cases); penalties; responsiveness; and abatement. The federal agency published the measures ahead of a June 25 stakeholder meeting to seek comments on ways to evaluate state plans, in response to a Labor Department Office of Ins
December 29, 2025