OSHA Whistleblower Statistics FY2018 – FY2023 | Whistleblower Protection Program

Whistleblower Docketed Cases Received: FY2017 – FY2022
Statute	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
ACA	15	13	8	6	5	6
AHERA	3	1	1	2	0	0
AIR21	88	80	67	57	61	64
AMLA	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	10	9
CAARA	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	5	5
CFPA	45	37	27	14	10	36
CPSIA	7	4	4	2	3	2
EPA ¹	54	50	39	28	26	41
ERA	31	25	16	12	9	13
FRSA	336	215	154	168	116	134
FSMA	50	67	63	45	61	86
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	3	5	7	0	5	1
NTSSA	14	24	21	12	10	15
OSHA	1870	2084	2539	1891	2148	2309
PSIA	4	7	9	1	7	7
SOX	155	125	143	69	85	106
SPA	10	9	13	10	9	10
STAA	322	341	308	202	221	361
TFA	N/A	4	29	26	24	38
Total	3007	3091	3448	2556	2815	3243

¹ EPA Statutes include: CAA, CERCLA, FWPCA, SDWA, SWDA, TSCA

Whistleblower Docketed Cases Completed: FY2018 – FY2023
Statute	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
ACA	13	15	10	9	7	8
AHERA	5	2	2	1	0	1
AIR21	92	82	78	77	72	66
AMLA	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	3	12
CAARA	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	7	4
CFPA	49	45	34	27	14	20
CPSIA	8	5	2	6	2	2
EPA ²	44	44	52	48	30	56
ERA	43	43	24	19	10	16
FRSA	316	263	211	186	147	177
FSMA	60	71	58	52	59	71
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	6	8	4	6	4	4
NTSSA	21	17	20	23	14	19
OSHA	1740	2001	2082	2225	2071	2688
PSIA	4	6	11	5	1	10
SOX	163	144	144	116	104	114
SPA	12	10	9	10	11	9
STAA	348	333	372	255	245	333
TFA	N/A	2	9	27	31	39
TOTAL	2924	3091	3122	3099	2832	3649

² EPA Statutes include: CAA, CERCLA, FWPCA, SDWA, SWDA, TSCA

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2018**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	0	0	2	7	0	4	13
AHERA	0	0	0	3	0	2	5
AIR21	4	2	14	73	0	8	101
CFPA	0	3	10	23	5	8	49
CPSIA	0	0	0	7	1	0	8
EPA	2	4	4	29	0	5	44
ERA	1	1	13	26	0	3	44
FRSA	7	6	20	222	26	39	320
FSMA	1	8	6	36	0	10	61
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	0	2	4	1	0	7
NTSSA	0	0	2	16	0	3	21
OSHA	20	269	221	870	0	377	1757
PSIA	3	0	0	1	0	2	6
SOX	3	5	27	92	16	20	163
SPA	0	0	0	6	3	3	12
STAA	3	43	33	222	8	44	353
Total	44	341	354	1637	60	528	2964

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2019**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	0	0	1	13	0	1	15
AHERA	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
AIR21	1	6	9	50	0	18	84
CFPA	1	6	2	32	1	6	48
CPSIA	0	1	1	3	0	0	5
EPA	2	4	3	31	0	6	46
ERA	1	0	13	23	2	5	44
FRSA	1	1	32	179	34	18	265
FSMA	0	5	7	53	0	10	75
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	1	3	3	1	0	8
NTSSA	2	2	2	12	0	0	18
OSHA	14	272	273	1067	0	392	2018
PSIA	1	0	0	5	0	0	6
SOX	1	6	15	92	15	19	148
SPA	0	1	3	5	0	1	10
STAA	2	29	31	222	12	40	336
TFA	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Total	26	335	396	1791	65	517	3130

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2020**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	1	0	0	7	0	2	10
AHERA	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
AIR21	1	5	14	54	0	9	83
CFPA	0	2	4	23	1	4	34
CPSIA	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
EPA	2	4	5	39	0	3	53
ERA	0	1	6	12	1	4	24
FRSA	5	6	22	159	18	12	222
FSMA	0	4	6	35	2	11	58
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	1	0	2	0	1	4
NTSSA	0	0	2	13	1	4	20
OSHA	20	344	280	1082	0	411	2137
PSIA	0	1	0	9	0	1	11
SOX	0	8	27	75	22	12	144
SPA	1	1	0	7	0	0	9
STAA	11	35	35	254	13	29	377
TFA	0	3	0	4	0	2	9
Total	41	416	401	1777	59	505	3199

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2021**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	0	0	0	8	0	1	9
AHERA	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
AIR21	2	5	7	56	0	8	78
AMLA	0	0	0	1	0	5	6
CAARA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
CFPA	0	2	3	16	3	3	27
CPSIA	0	1	0	5	0	0	6
EPA	2	2	6	31	0	8	49
ERA	0	0	4	14	2	1	21
FRSA	5	3	24	121	18	15	186
FSMA	0	4	7	30	2	9	52
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	0	0	3	1	2	6
NTSSA	0	0	2	19	1	1	23
OSHA	21	286	312	1240	0	404	2263
PSIA	0	0	1	3	1	0	5
SOX	1	4	25	66	18	15	129
SPA	0	0	3	7	0	0	10
STAA	6	17	21	170	12	31	257
TFA	2	0	6	14	4	1	27
Total	39	325	421	1805	62	504	3156

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2022**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	0	0	0	5	0	2	7
AHERA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AIR21	3	5	5	54	0	5	72
AMLA	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
CAARA	0	1	1	4	1	0	7
CFPA	0	0	3	10	1	0	14
CPSIA	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
EPA	1	3	4	17	0	5	30
ERA	0	1	2	5	1	1	10
FRSA	1	7	16	104	11	9	148
FSMA	0	5	10	35	1	8	59
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	0	0	3	1	0	4
NTSSA	0	0	1	5	4	4	14
OSHA	18	282	229	1157	0	408	2094
PSIA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
SOX	2	5	17	68	6	7	105
SPA	0	0	2	7	2	0	11
STAA	5	77	32	146	5	25	290
TFA	0	3	1	21	4	4	33
Total	30	389	324	1644	37	481	2905

**Whistleblower Complaint Determinations – FY2023**
Statute	Positive Outcome for Complainant			Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
Statute	Merit	Settled	Settled Other	Dismissed	Kick-Out	Withdrawn	Total Determinations
ACA	0	1	1	6	0	0	8
AHERA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
AIR21	2	5	4	43	0	12	66
AMLA	0	2	1	7	0	2	12
CAARA	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
CFPA	0	3	2	11	2	2	20
CPSIA	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
EPA	2	11	9	26	0	8	56
ERA	0	1	1	11	0	3	16
FRSA	1	11	20	110	15	20	177
FSMA	1	4	7	44	2	13	71
ISCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MAP21	0	0	1	3	0	0	4
NTSSA	0	2	2	11	1	3	19
OSHA/1904	12	412	263	1550	0	451	2688
PSIA	0	1	1	7	0	1	10
SOX	2	4	13	73	12	10	114
SPA	1	0	0	5	2	1	9
STAA	0	50	33	212	6	32	333
TFA	2	2	1	28	2	4	39
Total	23	509	359	2154	42	562	3649