HazTek, Inc.

In effect for a little over a year, OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), which replaced their Enhanced Enforcement Program, is a focused program designed to target repeat workplace safety offenders.

More specifically, the program defines increased inspections and scrutiny for high risk companies that demonstrate:

“…committing willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations in one or more of the following circumstances: (1) a fatality or catastrophe situation; (2) in industry operations or processes that expose employees to the most severe occupational hazards and those identified as "High-Emphasis Hazards;" (3) exposing employees to hazards related to the potential release of a highly hazardous chemical; or (4) all egregious enforcement actions.”

In fiscal year 2010, OSHA conducted 40,993 total inspections and found 96,742 violations of OSHA's standards and regulations in the nation's workplaces, a 15.3% increase since FY 2006. The SVEP program intends to increase the number of inspections of repeat violators in their continuing effort to reduce workplace accidents and illnesses. For more information on OSHA’s SVEP, click here and contact us if you need compliance assistance, OSHA representation, safety consulting or training.

Data from OSHA 2010 Enforcement Summary - http://www.osha.gov/dep/2010_enforcement_summary.html