HazComFast HazCom enforcement study, FY2020 to FY2026: data dictionary
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hazcom-citation-items-fy2020-fy2026.csv has one row per citation item (one standard, usually one paragraph,
cited in one inspection), issued from October 1, 2019 to the latest issuance date in the data (given at the end
of this file), deleted items excluded. Citations reach the public data some time after they are issued, so the
last weeks of FY2026 are not all in it yet.

activity_nr    OSHA inspection number
citation_id    citation number, item number and group letter, as OSHA keys them (01002B = citation 1, item 2, b)
standard       the standard as OSHA's data stores it (19101200 E01 = 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1))
family         federal (1910.1200 and the sections that apply it), california (T8 5194), washington (WAC 296-901),
               oregon (OAR 437-004-9800, agricultural employers); minnesota (Minn. R. 5206) and tennessee
               (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-01-09) are right-to-know rules, counted apart in the study
section        1910.1200, 1926.59, 1915.1200, 1917.28, T8 5194, WAC 296-901-140xx, OAR 437-004-9800,
               Minn. R. 5206.0700, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-01-09
paragraph      the paragraph cited, e.g. (e)(1), (f)(6)(ii); empty when none was entered
element        Written program, Labels, Safety data sheets, Information and training, Hazard classification,
               Trade secrets, Other or not specified
viol_type      Serious, Other-than-serious, Repeat, Willful, Unclassified
issued         citation issuance date (YYYY-MM-DD)
fy             federal fiscal year of the issuance date (FY2026 = Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026)
initial        penalty at issuance, US dollars
current        penalty in OSHA's data at extraction, US dollars (after settlements or decisions recorded so far)
contested      True when OSHA's data records a contest date
final_order    True when OSHA's data records a final order date
instances      number of instances recorded for the item
exposed        number of employees exposed recorded for the item
gravity        gravity code for serious items, as entered
jurisdiction   Federal OSHA, or State Plan (third digit of the inspection's reporting ID is 5)
state          state of the inspected site
naics          NAICS code of the inspected establishment
owner          Private, Local government, State government, Federal agency
insp_type      what started the inspection (Planned, Complaint, Referral, Accident, Follow-up...)
insp_scope     Complete, Partial, Records, No inspection
size           employees at the inspected establishment, banded (1-10, 11-25, 26-100, 101-250, 251-1,000, 1,001+)
opened         inspection open date
closed         inspection close date, when the case is closed

No establishment names or addresses are included.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data (violation and inspection tables), apiprod.dol.gov v4.
Rebuild: fetch.py downloads the records (free key: https://dataportal.dol.gov/registration), analyze.py builds
every table. Please cite: HazComFast, OSHA hazard communication citations, FY2020 to FY2026,
https://hazcomfast.com/osha-data-research/hazcom-enforcement-study-2020-2026

Data extracted 2026-10-13. Latest issuance date in the data: 2026-09-10.
