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Table 1 Worker protection standard compliance and violation enforcement from 2015–2019

From: Pesticides and environmental injustice in the USA: root causes, current regulatory reinforcement and a path forward

Year

Total

  

No Action/

Enforcement

   

WPS

Facilities

Violations

Only

Action

Inspection

Violation

Enforcement

Facilities

Inspected

Found

Warning

Taken

Rate

Rate

Rate

2019

304,106

3475

1903

1595

308

1.1%

54.8%

16.2%

2018

304,106

3774

2057

1676

381

1.2%

54.5%

18.5%

2017

304,106

3418

2296

1997

299

1.1%

67.2%

13.0%

2016

304,106

3320

1142

789

353

1.1%

34.4%

30.9%

2015

304,106

3557

1199

925

274

1.2%

33.7%

22.9%

5-yr Avg

304,106

3509

1719

1396

323

1.2%

49.0%

18.8%