When OSHA was signed into law in 1974 by Richard Nixon, the goal was to improve employee health and safety, reduce on the job accidents and deaths and greatly improve the likelihood of employees returning home to their families each evening.
While most companies adhere to the standards and requirements of OSHA, often times, companies forget, get busy, or sometimes willfully ignore regulations to save money. When these things happen, an OSHA inspection can occur.
This short video, created by OSHA walks you through the process of why they might show up for an inspection and the process one can expect if an inspection occurs.