I think this is just an indication of how OSHA works. They don't do much inspecting until there is an accident and then everyone gets a ticket. That was the context of the "hard hat expiration" message I posted. It is one more ticket they can write when they start running out of things to cite. The term the OSHA road show guy used was "piling on" the fines when they are spanking a contractor with an injury/death.
