OSHA recently updated its Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program directive for fiscal year 2012, directing programmed inspections of federal agency establishments that experienced high numbers of lost time injuries during fiscal year 2011. The directive outlines the procedures for carrying out programmed inspections at some of the most hazardous federal workplaces, OSHA says. Changes include provisions for reviewing alternate and supplementary standards for federal agencies, which are the equivalent of private-sector variances from OSHA standards, and clarifications of how OSHA area directors determine the appropriate number and location of on-site inspections for establishments with multiple services or operations, the agency says.
