Fed-OSHA Will Audit Records – of 250 Participants in Data Initiative

SAN FRANCISCO - Prodded by the Office of Management and Budget, Fed-OSHA has announced that it will audit the injury and illness records of 250 randomly-selected establishments participating in the OSHA Data Initiative. The audits will be treated as inspections. They are to be completed by December.This is a data quality check to verify the accuracy of the data the 80,000 establishments were asked to submit for 1996, as well as a look at overall injury and illness recordkeeping practices.Under the