How Can Workplace Injuries Be Prevented? The Answers May Be in OSHA Files

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state compliance officers investigate over 5,000 serious, work-related accidents annually. OSHA has information in its files on the causes of these accidents which could be used to develop accident prevention measures and to determine to what extent fatal accidents could have been avoided had safety and health regulations been enforced, what standards need to be developed or revised, and what violations cause death or serious accidents.