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level. This request contains two program decreases totaling -$31,163,000 and -104 FTE, including a program decrease of -$23,865,000 and -65 FTE for staff attrition and a program decrease of -$7,298,000 and -39 FTE to shift resources from enforcement to federal compliance assistance. In FY 2027, OSHA estimates that the agency will conduct 22,040 inspections, including 19,836 safety inspections and 2,204 health inspections. OSHA anticipates that approximately 70-80 percent of inspections initiated will be unprogrammed. In general, unprogrammed inspections are those where OSHA responds to an event, while programmed inspections are planned by OSHA to target specific workplace hazards or high-hazard workplaces. OSHA estimates that approximately 20-30 percent of inspections will be programmed and intends to continue initiating programmed inspections in accordance with current National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) and Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs), Site- Specific Targeting (SST), and Construction Targeting (C-TARG), as resources allow. The agency will continue to target the most egregious offenders and the most dangerous workplaces and focus on the employers that show indifference to their safety and health obligations. To modernize the Agency's delivery of Citations and Notifications of Penalty, OSHA is also requesting to change to electronic delivery as the primary delivery method, with USPS certified mail or alternate carrier with receipt confirmation as backup options when electronic delivery is not feasible or available. Use of electronic means for delivery of citations allows faster notification to employers about worker hazards and facilitates faster abatement of those hazards. A transition to electronic delivery of citations presents no significant risk to OSHA's mission and will improve effectiveness and efficiency with a lower cost for citation delivery. health inspections. The agency plans to conduct about half of all inspections in the construction industry. OSHA will continue to prioritize quick responses to complaints, referrals, fatalities, and catastrophes by responding to and initiating fatality and catastrophe investigations within one working day of notification 98 percent of the time. OSHA will also conduct an inspection within 5 working days or an investigation within 1 working day of notification of a complaint 99 percent of the time. In addition, OSHA intends to support small businesses by providing penalty health inspections. Roughly half of all inspections were conducted in the construction industry (15,906 inspections). Additionally, 35 percent of all inspections were conducted in accordance with emphasis programs addressing the four most common serious hazards (e.g. falls, electrocution hazards, struck-by, and caught-in/caught between) seen regularly in the construction and general industry sectors. Though the overall FY 2025 inspection target was not met, OSHA's Enforcement Impact Index (EII) value for FY 2025 was 83,615, exceeding the

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