Rank-and-file inspectors later testified before Congress that their supervisors improperly allowed Southwest to keep flying planes that did not meet safety rules because the airline had skipped required inspections for cracks.
In nearly a quarter of the case files Inspector General Glenn A. Fine reviewed, he found previously unreported potential violations.
But even if they had a central file, OSHA inspectors have no authority to undertake a comprehensive investigation of a corporation with similar violations in several states, agency officials said.
Like Roark, he says of the raid, "It was retribution for our filing the Inspector General complaint".
The agency's failure to notify the New York Stock Exchange of the pending news also contributed to increased volatility in the markets on the day of the filing, the inspector general said.
Almost three weeks after the final inspection covered by the enforcement action, and about a month before the U.S.D.A. complaint was filed, an inspector reported a goat with a rattlesnake bite to its face.
It contains no new revelations, and is sketchiest on the biological weapons file, which arms inspectors say is their most difficult and worrisome area.
In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which surveys and certifies the nation's roughly 15,000 nursing homes, finally took a step that reformers had been urging for years: It put online the full text of the reports that nursing home inspectors file for each facility.
It seems like a shame to wait until the inspectors file their reports and the critical establishment makes their rankings.
The system has also helped crews respond faster to requests because inspectors file service requests as they see dumped mattresses or garbage in the field, officials said.
But after she broke off the two-year affair in 1999, Ms. Conner charged, her business was inundated with state inspectors filing claims of violations and substandard care.
