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29 OSHA and HazCom articles tagged "OSHA Data" — practical, CFR-cited guidance verified against primary sources.
OSHA Construction Penalties in FY2025: $140.5 Million Proposed, $108.9 Million on the Books
Federal OSHA proposed $140.5 million in penalties to construction employers in FY2025. After informal settlements and contests, $108.9 million remains on record, 22.5% less. Half of the cases were cut, by a median 40%, and the other half weren't touched. Where you are, and what you were cited for, changes the odds.
76% of OSHA's Construction Fall Protection Citations Hit Houses: The FY2025 Data on 1926.501(b)(13)
OSHA's most-cited construction standard is, in practice, a residential roofing and framing rule. In FY2025, 5,142 of 6,778 federal fall protection citations in construction cited one paragraph, 1926.501(b)(13). Roofers took 56% of them, three in four came from planned inspections, and one in five was a repeat.
HazCom on the Jobsite: What OSHA Actually Cited in FY2025 Construction Inspections
On a construction site, OSHA writes the general industry number: 698 HazCom citations under 1910.1200 in FY2025 against 14 under 1926.59, and 356 respirator citations under 1910.134 against none under 1926.103. The paragraph cited most wasn't a missing label. It was the written program.
What Happens to Your OSHA Records When You Cancel Your Safety Software?
Your 300 Log obligation runs five years past the calendar year it covers. A typical SaaS retention window runs 30 to 90 days past your last invoice. Nobody connects those two numbers until an inspector asks for a log that now lives in a closed account.
Does OSHA Enforcement Actually Work? What the Randomized Evidence Shows
Most debates about OSHA are opinion. One study settled the question with the gold standard of evidence — a randomized experiment — and found inspections cut injuries 9.4% and injury costs 26% with no detectable job loss. A data analysis of whether enforcement works, by how much, and why targeting is now the whole game.
The $181 Billion Question: What a Workplace Injury Really Costs
US work injuries cost $181.4 billion in 2024 by the fullest count — but 'the cost' is really three different numbers that differ by threefold, and most companies budget against the smallest one. A data analysis of what an injury actually costs, and why the number you choose decides how much safety you can afford.
The HCS 2024 Phase-In by the Numbers — and the Cost of Waiting
A data analysis of OSHA's HCS 2024 (GHS Rev 7) rollout — not one deadline but four, running from 2026 to 2028 — against the enforcement reality that Hazard Communication is already OSHA's #2 most-cited standard. Why a compliance date is not a start date.
Thermal Runaway: The Workplace Fire Hazard OSHA Has No Standard For
A data analysis of the lithium-ion battery fire surge — from FDNY's fire logs to EPA's waste-facility data to CPSC's injury curve — and the regulatory reality that OSHA has no lithium-battery standard, only the General Duty Clause and a HazCom hook most employers miss.
The Hidden Toll: The Work Deaths No Census Counts
A data analysis of the largest gap in US workplace-safety statistics — 5,070 workers were counted as killed on the job in 2024, but an estimated 135,000 die each year from occupational diseases the official fatality census is not built to count.