FY 2016 Appropriation

The Utah OSHA Division ensures employee safety and health in Utah by working with employers and employees to create better working environments.

Utah OSHA is focusing on three strategies:

  1. Effective and fair enforcement
  2. Outreach, education and compliance assistance
  3. Partnerships and cooperative programs

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $3,859,400 from all sources for Utah OSHA. This is a 2.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,052,100 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

The Division highlights three measures that are most representative of success in interventions with employers: 1) compliance, 2) consultation and education, and 3) number of workers covered by Utah OSHA.

Number of Compliance Interventions

This graph tracks how many visits to employer sites were completed each year to determine safety law compliance. This measure is a significant indicator for federal grant agencies.

number of compliance interventions

Number of Consultation Assistance Interventions

This measure tracks how many visits to employer sites are completed each year to assist companies who ask for expert help in providing a safe environment for employees. This is a key measure for federal grant agencies.

number of consultation interventions

Number of Workers Covered by Utah OSHA Interventions

The number of workers covered by Utah OSHA reflects the number of employees who are impacted by the Division's inspections.

number of workers covered by OSHA

Statute

The division's statutory authority is located in the following sections of Utah Code Annotated:

UCA Title 34A, Chapter 6

Because Utah's Occupational Safety and Health Act is "as effective as" federal OSHA standards, the federal government defers to Utah OSHA for enforcement of occupational safety and health requirements. Federal funds pay a substantial part of the division's operating expenses.

Utah OSHA provides free consultation to assist employers in making their operations safe and healthy, and also trains workers and employers to understand safety standards. Utah OSHA also inspects places of employment and, where necessary, requires employers to comply with workplace safety and health standards. Inspectors also ensure that businesses carry workers' compensation insurance. Utah OSHA compiles workplace accident statistics.

The division's budget breaks down into the following units:

  • Compliance Inspections. This unit conducts safety and health inspections in manufacturing, construction, private and public sector facilities throughout the state. Inspections can be triggered by accidents, complaints of an unsafe condition or through an emphasis plan that focuses on high-hazard industries. Penalties can be issued.

  • Compliance Administration. Administrative costs related to the above section. Federal grants require that administrative costs be accounted for separately.

  • BLS Survey. Accounts for costs of a small federal grant related to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • BLS Fatalities. Accounts for costs of a small federal grant related to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Consultation. Provides on-site safety and health services and education at no cost to small or high-hazard businesses and to public sector agencies without the possibility of penalties.

  • Consultation Administration. Administrative costs related to the above section. Federal grants require that administrative costs be accounted for separately.

  • Utah OSHA Non-Federal Expenses. Accounts for costs that relate to this division but are not allowable under the federal grant requirements.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 66

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Labor Commission in Item 21, Chapter 10, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. Nonlapsing funds shall be used for computer projects.


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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.