OSHA Fatality Inspection Dataset Shows Home Depot Inspection Records Since 2011

OSHA’s Fatality Inspection Data page offers an authoritative, searchable record that makes inspection-level details available for employers including Home Depot, extending back to inspections opened in 2011 under Federal jurisdiction. That access matters to store employees, supervisors and safety teams who want to track past fatality and catastrophe inspections, understand cited standards and see penalty information that bears on workplace safety practices.

"OSHA’s Fatality Inspection Data page is an authoritative searchable dataset and resource for work-related fatalities and catastrophe inspections." The dataset covers Federal inspections recorded in the OSHA Information System (OIS) that were opened after April 2011. "For State Plan inspections, the dataset includes data for fatality inspections opening around or after October 2014." Those coverage windows mean that Federal OSHA records for Home Depot establishments generally appear from April 2011 forward, and certain State Plan fatality inspections are included from about October 2014.

The Department of Labor’s data catalog complements OSHA’s page. "The dataset consists of inspection case detail for approximately 100,000 OSHA inspections conducted annually." It also expands on what users can expect: "The dataset includes information regarding the impetus for conducting the inspection, and details on citations and penalty assessments resulting from violations of OSHA standards." "Additionally, accident investigation information is provided, including textual descriptions of the accident, and details regarding the injuries and fatalities which occurred." For workers and safety committees, those textual descriptions and citation records can clarify patterns of hazard, recurring violations and whether corrective actions were enforced.

OSHA highlights how some fields are populated and why others may be blank. "NOTICE: [...] This table displays inspections categorized as fatalities or catastrophes. The victim's name may be blank when OSHA lacks jurisdictional coverage, such as when the injury is not work-related, the sole proprietor or owner of an LLC is the victim, the employer does not affect interstate commerce, or the site is covered by another federal agency or Act." The site also defines administrative dates: "The opening conference date refers to the date that an OSHA representative had an opening conference with an official from the establishment."

Users who want raw data can export it directly. "To download the entire data set, clear the selections from each of the selected filters, then ‘Export data’ as instructed." Be aware the Department of Labor is consolidating its enforcement data: "The Department of Labor has a new Open Data Portal that makes it easy to access enforcement data and other information in one place. With this update and the modernized API, the Department of Labor will soon be retiring the Enforcement website. We encourage you to visit the Open Data Portal to explore the full DOL data catalog."

The OSHA page presents navigational labels and multilingual access, including the headline "Find work-related fatality inspections that occurred under Federal and State Plan OSHA jurisdiction" and links such as "Contact UsFAQA to Z Index". Languages listed on the page include the following: اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (Arabic), Sinugbuanong Binisay (Cebuano), 简体字 (Chinese-Simplified), 繁体字 (Chinese-Traditional), English, Français (French), Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole), 한국어 (Korean), नेपाली (Nepali), Polski (Polish), Português (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Русский (Russian), Af-Soomaali (Somali), Español (Spanish), Українська (Ukrainian), Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese).

The DOL catalog also lists related mining data tables including: MSHA Data Dictionary, MSHA Metadata, MSHA Accident, MSHA Assessed Violation, MSHA Commodity Lookup, MSHA Contractor, MSHA Controller History, MSHA Calendar Year Contractor Employment, MSHA Calendar Year Operator Employment, MSHA Inspection, MSHA Mine, MSHA Mine Contractor, MSHA Operator History, MSHA Quarterly Contractor Employment, MSHA Quarterly Operator Employment, MSHA Violation and MSHA Address of Record.

For Home Depot employees, the practical takeaway is straightforward: inspection histories, citation language and accident descriptions are accessible and exportable, enabling review by store teams, unions, and safety advocates. As the DOL migrates enforcement content to the Open Data Portal, workers and advocates should export relevant records and monitor the portal for updates so safety issues discovered in past inspections can inform present prevention and compliance efforts.