by Brianna Crandall — May 30, 2011—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a survey of private sector employers as a tool toward better designing future rules, compliance assistance, and outreach efforts.
As many as 19,000 employers nationwide will receive the Baseline Survey of Safety and Health Practices, which asks questions about workplace safety and health management practices.
Questions include whether respondents already have a safety management system, whether they perform annual inspections, who manages safety at their establishments, and what kinds of hazards they encounter at their facilities.
The survey will be sent to private sector employers of all sizes and across all industries under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Participation in the survey is voluntary, and the survey will be anonymous and cannot be used for enforcement. The agency expects the data collection phase to be completed by August.
