Washington State Data Book: The people, the economy, and the government of Washington State State of Washington Office of Financial Management

Employee Safety

Source:  Department of Labor and Industries

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EMPLOYEE SAFETY
State
Fiscal Year
Employees Covered
by WISHA1
Safety & Health Consultation Visits Safety & Health Inspections Expenditures2
Number of
Visits
Hazards
Identified
Number
Conducted
Violations
Cited
1985 1,265,929 na na 19,503 44,856 $8,899,000
1986 1,288,989 na na 18,841 44,046 8,594,000
1987 1,365,984 na na 19,822 47,162 9,303,000
1988 1,410,905 na na 15,210 41,544 9,126,000
1989 1,555,843 na na 16,010 50,229 9,550,000
1990 1,622,261 na na 11,328 34,926 9,956,000
1991 1,649,951 na na 8,272 34,740 10,362,000
1992 1,685,228 na na 7,622 30,759 10,569,000
1993 1,713,590 na na 6,481 15,913 11,550,113
1994 1,746,856 na na 5,166 12,547 11,662,904
1995 1,798,177 1,398 7,934 7,224 20,864 11,413,000
1996 1,862,532 1,396 7,946 7,156 23,825 11,053,000
1997 1,901,242 1,423 6,842 6,565 16,501 11,892,000
1998 1,987,120 2,067 10,213 7,171 17,776 12,074,000
1999 2,022,247 2,510 10,527 7,059 17,180 12,892,000
2000 2,071,409 2,793 11,102 7,339 15,938 13,066,000
2001 2,091,689 2,728 10,915 6,864 15,086 13,328,000
2002 2,041,087 2,871 11,790 7,868 19,359 13,497,000
2003 2,703,237 2,816 9,974 7,688 17,577 13,810,000
2004 2,621,447 2,942 12,464 6,728 14,627 13,556,000
2005 2,653,776 2,963 11,979 7,515 14,454 13,694,000
2006 2,853,187 3,120 11,791 7,078 13,828 $13,803,200

1Number of Full-Time Equivalents based on the total number of hours worked divided by 2,000 hours (the approximate number of hours worked by one person in a standard year).
2State and federal funds requested and approved by OSHA 23(g) only, rounded to the nearest thousand.

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