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OSHSPA: Numbers at a glance
FY 2008 – overview
  • Federal OSHA budget                                                     $600,070,000.00
  • Funding by state plan programs                                      $163,779,362.00
  • Allocated state plan positions                                                       1,455
  • State plan employees covered                                             57,072,000
  • 0n-site visits                                                                           104,340
  • Compliance inspections                                                             57,327
  • Inspections with violations cited                                                 34,747
  • Average violations per initial inspection                                               3.3
  • Average violations per inspection with violations cited                          3.5
  • Percentage of inspections with no violations                                      39%
  • Total current penalties                                                     $70,248,913.00
  • Average penalty per serious violation                                             $925.00
  • Contested cases                                                                          3,057

Federal OSHA budget                                                                             FY 2008
  • Federal OSHA                                                                            $486,000,000
  • State plans 23(g)                                                                          $89,502,000
  • State plans 21(d)                                                                          $24,568,000
Total                                                                                                   $600,070,000

Source: OSHA Office of Program Budgeting and Financial Management


Funding by state plan programs                                                            FY 2008
  • State plans 23(g) - 50 percent match                                           $89,304,500
  • State plans 100 percent funding - state funding                            $71,745,084
  • State plans 21(d) contribution                                                        $2,729,778
Total                                                                                                 $163,779,362

Source: OSHA Office of Program Budgeting and Financial Management


Compliance inspections                                                                        FY 2008
  • Safety                                                                                           45,010
  • Health                                                                                           12,317
Total                                                                                                      57,327


Compliance inspections by type                                                            FY 2008
  • Programmed/scheduled                                                                    34,980
  • Complaint                                                                                          9,290
  • Referral                                                                                             4,165
  • Accident                                                                                            3,666
  • Other                                                                                                2,722
  • Follow-up                                                                                          2,504
Total                                                                                                        57,327

Source: OSHA inspection reports


Allocated state plan positions                     FY 2008                FY 2009               Change
  • Safety compliance                                 824.6                     815.5                   -9.1
  • Health compliance                                 448.4                     428.0                 -20.4
  • Safety consultants 23(g)                        102.5                       66.7                 -35.8
  • Health consultants 23(g)                          79.6                      50.5                  -29.1
Totals                                                          1455.1                   1360.8                -94.3

Source: State plan grant applications, FY 2008 and FY 2009


0nsite visits                                                                                                      FY 2008
  • Compliance – state plans                                                                            57,327
  • Consultation 21(d) – initial private sector, 54 projects                                    24,472
  • Consultation 21(d) – initial private sector, state plans                                    12,744
  • Consultation 21(g) – training private sector, 54 projects                                  2,824
  • Consultation 23(g) – initial private sector                                                       2,451
  • Consultation 21(d) – follow-up private sector, 54 projects                               2,019
  • Consultation 21(d) – training private sector, state plans                                  1,356
  • Consultation 21(d) – follow-up private sector, state plans                                  928
  • Consultation 23(g) – follow-up private sector                                                    111
  • Consultation 23(g) – training private sector                                                      108
Total                                                                                                               104,340

Note: 21(d) consultation data is shown for both the 21(d) consultation projects
in 23 state plan states and for all 54 21(d) consultation projects nationwide.
In previous years, 21(d) data in the Grassroots report has reflected only the
nationwide data.


State-plan employees covered                                                                  FY 2008
  • Private sector                                                                                   46,094,000
  • Public sector                                                                                    10,978,000
Total                                                                                                        57,072,000

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, December 2008