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20th Century OSHA Enforcement Data

TABLE 4

NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, BY TYPE
FY 1972 - FY 2000

Fiscal Year	Serious	Other than Serious	Willful	Repeat	Failure to Abate	Unclass.	Total


1972*							102,833
1973	1,798	142,629	20	80	293		144,820
1974	3,164	287,853	107	920	960		293,004
1975	4,077	309,781	195	2,328	1,635		318,016
1976	7,908	369,291	201	4,592	1,489		383,481
Trans.**	2,273	65,729	61	1,248	336		69,647
1977	20,708	152,924	217	4,235	1,289		179,373
1978	32,800	96,796	682	4,124	993		135,395
1979	37,071	85,689	880	3,819	864		128,323
1980	44,153	84,108	1,017	3,447	731		133,456
1981	31,352	76,599	411	2,130	272		110,764
1982	22,484	74,091	77	1,250	211		98,113
1983	25,504	81,838	171	1,466	275		109,254
1984	29,621	79,768	158	1,945	332		111,824
1985	32,670	84,194	230	2,541	485		120,120
1986	35,215	89,094	263	3,194	993		128,759
1987	36,476	94,093	437	3,453	1,788		136,247
1988	53,355	93,138	1,016	4,063	2,040		153,612
1989	83,954	90,026	1,666	4,542	2,525		183,167
1990	98,014	62,073	3,614	4,438	1,992	428	170,559
1991	93,002	51,086	2,173	3,493	1,329	125	151,208
1992***	86,807	53,095	610	3,130	699	375	144,716
1993	83,223	49,229	768	2,832	821	178	137,051
1994	88,607	50,277	848	2,499	809	224	143,264
1995	52,818	33,207	625	1,668	490	496	89,304
1996	31,319	20,513	445	1,253	306	435	54,271
1997	52,432	26,655	624	1,847	362	512	82,432
1998	49,279	23,825	457	1,636	336	407	75,940
1999	48,925	24,033	419	1,634	212	584	75,807
2000	51,050	25,469	405	1,827	279	317	79,347

Source: OSHA Integrated Management Information System
* Data for Fiscal Year 1972 are from the President's Report on
Occupational Safety and Health, December 1973.
** Transition quarter - see Table 1 footnote.
*** Beginning in Fiscal Year 1992, as part of settlement agreements,
OSHA can change the type of violation from "willful" or "repeat" to
"unclassified" - see text.