OSHA's Enforcement Strategy

"The bottom line, and the statistics so indicate, is that enforcement activity remains OSHA's main focus.

OSHA's injury, illness, and inspection rates for 2001 lend credence to its stance that strict enforcement of standards, along with intensive education and development of alliances in the business community, is the winning prescription for die safety and health of American workers. Although under the Bush Administration OSHA has seen a number of its major initiatives either stalled or totally derailed (the ergonomics standard is an example), OSHAs commitment to ensuring employers provide and maintain a safe and healthful work environment for the worker is undiminished. Business organizations should understand that OSHA views a 'strong, fair, and effective' enforcement policy as essential to ensuring employers actually do promote and maintain such a safe and healthful work environment."