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.
OSHA Lab Tutorial Transcript
- Video Description
- The purpose of this video is to demonstrate how you can use osha lab explorer to examine osha's dataset.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor hovers and selects location filter header.
- Video Description
- The top portion of the lab has six filter catagories to choose from to customize the graph. Location is the first catagory which allows you to pick from available states.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor hovers and selects 'OSHA Offices' filter header.
- Video Description
- OSHA Offices catagory allows you to pick from federal, state or both offices.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor clicks on California for location filter.
- Computer Action
- The browser recalculates the graph to show california data.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor hovers over the right pop-up panel.
- Video Description
- The right panel of the lab has additional inpesction, violation and penelties graphs pertaining to the selected critrea.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor clicks on health in the inspection catagory.
- Computer Action
- The browser recalculates the graph to show health inspection data.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor highlights the list of currently selected filters on the far right.
- Computer Action
- At any time in your search, you can view what search filters have been selected.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor moves the vertical slider on the right of the graph.
- Computer Action
- There is a vertical slider on the right side of the lab that allows you to change the range of the y-axis of the graph.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor moves the horizontal slider below the graph.
- Video Description
- There is a horizontal slider below the graph that allows you to change the range of dates reflected on the graph.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor highlights the date on the right panel which reflects the date range selected in the range.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor moves the horizontal slider to 2011-2011.
- Computer Action
- The graph recomputes the graph to show data only in that date range.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor hovers over the 'remember' button
- Video Description
- a pop-up appears that shows all the values and filters currently selected. When the remember button is clicked, the browser will remember the values associated with the current search.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor clicks on a point on the graph
- Video Description
- You can select another line on the graph to view associated data.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor highlghts the filter criterea on the top right corner.
- Video Description
- Whenever the search critereas change, it will be reflected in the list in the top right corner.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor clicks on the 'Aa' icon on the top right
- Computer Action
- A pop-up appears that has a dictionary of terms used in the lab.
- Mouse Action
- The cursor hover over the question mark icon
- Video Description
- You can click on the question icon to inistiate the tutorial video for clarification.
End of Video