OSHA Enforcement Review Protocol

Release Date: May, 2013 | Updated: June, 2017

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Highlights

  • The objective of this systematic review is to determine the quality of existing causal evidence on the effectiveness of OSHA enforcement activities.

  • In particular, the review considers research on whether OSHA inspections reduce the occurrence of workplace illnesses, injuries, exposure to hazards, and/or deaths.

  • Only research with causal designs is reviewed for this topic area.

Guidelines and Related Resources

CLEAR Policies and Procedures

Causal Evidence Guidelines

Regression Discontinuity Designs Causal Evidence Guidelines

Quantitative Descriptive Guidelines

Implementation Guidelines

RESEA Intervention Effectiveness Guidelines

Study Review Guide for Causal Reviews

Study Review Guide for Implementation Evaluation Reviews

Procedures for Rapid Evidence Reviews on Trending Research

Living Systematic Annual Search and Review Protocol

CLEAR Topic Tagging Protocol