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OSHA Increases Inspections In 2017, As Criticism Mounts Over Funding Cuts


January 5, 2018 at 06:21 PM
The Trump administration is touting an increase in OSHA inspections in fiscal year 2017, the first uptick since 2012, despite a former Obama OSHA official's claims that declining agency resources are harming workplace safety, a trend the official expects to continue despite the Trump Labor Department's (DOL) lifting a freeze on hiring inspectors.

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