OSHA issued its Site-Specific Targeting 2011 (SST-11) program to help the agency direct enforcement resources to high-hazard workplaces. Workplaces identified in the SST program reported above-average work-related injury and illness rates, based on data collected from in 2010. Establishments are randomly selected for inspection from a primary list of 3,700 facilities.
Two changes have been made to this year’s program. In 2010, only those establishments in the selected industries with 40 or more employees were subject to inspections under the plan; this year, the number of employees has been reduced to 20 or more. The agency also introduced an evaluation study to measure the program’s effect on future regulatory compliance.
