An assessment of Indiana OSHA’s (IOSHA) progress in meeting performance goals paints a picture of a potentially floundering agency.
Federal OSHA recently reported on its follow up Federal Annual Monitoring Evaluation (FAME), which assessed the state OSHA program’s progress in meeting goals identified in an evaluation last year. Current findings list staff shortages; problems with completed inspections; and failure to follow OSHA directives regarding alliances, partnership programs, and whistleblower cases.
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Indiana OSHA currently allocates 63 positions, which falls below the required 70 positions. And only 38 of those are currently filled. According to the report, “The effect of this personnel deficiency is evident in the number of inspections the state plan completed. Their FY 2014 inspection goal was 2,019 but IOSHA only completed 1,135 inspections (56 percent of the goal).” Read More