Posts tagged 'SST'

From a list of 14,600 worksites designated for inspection in April, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has winnowed the group to 3,700 work places to be inspected under the just-announced Site-Specific Targeting Program (SST). The final list was culled using data from what OSHA calls the DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) and DAFWII (Days Away from Work Injury an...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has dispatched about 15,000 letters to companies to notify them that their rates of illness and injury are higher than average. These so-called DART (Days Away, Restricted and Transfer) reports generally are followed up by OSHA inspections, if the past be any guide. OSHA has made no official announcement about the computer-generated lette...