According to
a
report in
Industrial Safety and Hygiene News dated
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, OSHA's rate of egregious violation citations more than
doubled since President Obama's Administration took over in January 2009.
ISHN noted that 17 citations for
egregious violations have been doled out since Jan. 20 last year, as opposed to
eight during the preceding year and a half, and four before that.
OSHA inspectors cite egregious violations when an employer
shows multiple instances of willful and flagrant indifference to correcting
workplace hazards.
SOURCE: ISHN daily news report
