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J Safety Res. 2010 Aug;41(4):339-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.03.005. Epub 2010 Jun 22.
OSHA's enforcement program is one of the major public efforts to protect American workers. We examine both the scope of injury prevention that inspections can contribute and the types of standards that contribute the most.
We linked Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry files for lost-time injuries and employment to calculate injury rates for 1998-2005 for all single-establishment manufacturing firms. We linked these to OSHA inspection records.
Inspections with penalties did affect injury types unrelated to standards as well as those related. We also found again that citations for violations of the standard requiring personal protective equipment had the largest impact on preventing injuries.
Programs requiring protective equipment use deserve added attention from consultants and inspectors. In addition, some inspections spur managers to undertake safety measures that go beyond compliance with standards.
职业安全与健康管理局的执法计划是保护美国工人的主要公众努力之一。我们考察了检查可以促进的伤害预防范围以及贡献最大的标准类型。
我们将宾夕法尼亚州劳工和工业部的损失工时伤害和就业记录进行了链接，以计算 1998 年至 2005 年所有单一机构制造业公司的伤害率。我们将这些记录与 OSHA 检查记录进行了链接。
有处罚的检查不仅影响了与标准无关的伤害类型，也影响了相关的伤害类型。我们再次发现，对要求使用个人防护设备的标准违规行为的传票对预防伤害的影响最大。
需要使用防护设备的计划值得顾问和检查员的额外关注。此外，一些检查促使管理人员采取超出标准合规性的安全措施。
