The OSHA inspection process, from knock to closing conference
Most of what the OSHA inspection process will produce is decided in the first ninety minutes, before anyone has looked at a machine. The compliance officer presents credentials, states the scope, asks for three years of injury records, and starts a clock you cannot pause. What you control is whether the answers to predictable questions are ready or improvised.
Here is the sequence, with the rule behind each step. All of it is United States federal law, and Canadian sites are dealt with separately near the end.
How OSHA decides whose door to knock on
The Field Operations Manual sets a four-tier priority in Table 2-1:
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