What is OSHAs Focused Inspection Program?
OSHA has initiated a focused inspection policy for construction sites, enabling its inspectors to “zero in” on those safety hazards most likely to result in workplace fatalities. Safety and health officers will focus on the four leading causes of fatalities in construction: falls from elevations, which account for 33 percent; being “struck by” hoisting equipment, vehicles, or falling objects, 22 percent; caught in or between–i.e., trenching, cave-ins, or being crushed by equipment or other means, 18 percent; and electrical shock, 17 percent.
