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HRD-79-43 1 (1979-05-03)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





How Can Workplace Injuries

Be Prevented? The Answers

May Be In OSHA Files



Each  year several thousand   workers are
killed and many others are seriously injured
in workplace accidents. Why do these acci-
dents happen?Could they be prevented if
Federal or State occupational safety and
health standards are complied with?
Although the Labor Department's Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) and States investigate workplace fa-
talities and serious accidents, OSHA does not
collect and analyze the investigation results to
find out how to prevent such accidents.

Such collection and analysis could help
OSHA and the States to

     --develop standards to cover conditions
     that can cause death or serious harm,

     --alert inspectors to look for hazards
     when inspecting workplaces, and

     --improve programs to educate workers                     109243
     about the causes of fatalities and seri-
     ous accidents.







                                                                     H RD-79-43
    ICIC                                                           MAY 3,1979

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