OSHA says fatality investigations up, overall investigations down in FY 2018

Safety+Health Magazine: OSHA conducted its highest number of fatality/catastrophe investigations in more than a decade in fiscal year 2018, while overall inspections decreased 1.2% from FY 2017, the agency’s latest enforcement summary shows.

OSHA recorded 941 fatality/catastrophe investigations in FY 2018, spanning Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018. That’s a 12.4% increase from its 837 total in FY 2017 and the agency’s highest number since 1,043 in FY 2007.