You don't have to get hurt to get inspected.
OSHA's own targeting program flags worksites using the injury and illness data employers already have to submit -- including whether that paperwork got filed at all.
How OSHA decides who gets a surprise visit
What triggers OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting program
High or rising injury/illness rates -- or simply failing to submit the required OSHA Form 300A
[OSHA Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Program, CPL 02-01-067]Maximum penalty per serious violation (2026)
$16,550
[2026 Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties]Maximum penalty per willful or repeat violation (2026)
$165,514
[2026 Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties]OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting program doesn't wait for a complaint or an incident -- it runs on the injury and illness data employers are already required to keep and submit. A company with rates trending the wrong way can be selected. So can one that simply never filed its OSHA Form 300A. Either way, recordkeeping stops being paperwork you deal with once a year and becomes one of the things that decides whether an inspector shows up at all.
Safety Talk TV doesn't file your 300A for you, but it does keep the record an inspector would actually want to see: who was trained, on what, and when, timestamped the moment it happened -- not reconstructed after the fact. If an inspection does happen, the paperwork isn't the part that costs you.