The number of federal workplace safety inspectors at OSHA fell to a record low by the close of fiscal year 2021, according to newly obtained agency numbers.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ended fiscal 2021 on Sept. 30 with 750 inspectors, a 5% drop from 790 inspectors in fiscal 2020 and the lowest ever for the 51-year-old agency.
Bloomberg Law obtained the data through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The loss continues a trend since at least fiscal 2014 where the agency ended the year with fewer inspectors than when it started. The lone exception was 2020, when ...
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