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Fall Protection again tops OSHA’s ‘Top 10’ list of most frequently cited violations

OSHA's Top 10 announcement

San Diego — For the ninth consecutive year, Fall Protection – General Requirements is OSHA’s most frequently cited standard, the agency and Safety+Health announced Tuesday at the National Safety Council 2019 Congress & Expo.

The rest of the preliminary list of OSHA’s Top 10 violations for fiscal year 2019 also remained largely unchanged from FY 2018, with only one minor adjustment. Lockout/Tagout, which ranked fifth in FY 2018, climbed one spot to No. 4, trading places with Respiratory Protection.

Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the list, based on OSHA Information System data from Oct. 1 to Aug. 15. Kevin Druley, associate editor for S+H, moderated the session that took place in the NSC Learning Lab on the Expo Floor.

“Look at your own workplace and see where you can find solutions,” Kapust said during the presentation. “These are common violations. They’ve been around for a while. The answers are out there.”

The full list:

  1. Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501): 6,010 violations
  2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 3,671
  3. Scaffolding (1926.451): 2,813
  4. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147): 2,606
  5. Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 2,450
  6. Ladders (1926.1053): 2,345
  7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178): 2,093
  8. Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503): 1,773
  9. Machine Guarding (1910.212): 1,743
  10. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – Eye and Face Protection (1926.102): 1,411

“Far too many preventable injuries and deaths occur on the job,” NSC President and CEO Lorraine M. Martin said in a Sept. 10 press release. “The OSHA Top 10 list is a helpful guide for understanding just how adept America’s businesses are in complying with the basic rules of workplace safety. This list should serve as a challenge for us to do better as a nation and expect more from employers. It should also serve as a catalyst for individual employees to recommit to safety.”

Finalized data, along with additional details and exclusive content, will be published in the December issue of S+H.

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Mark Handel
September 10, 2019
Thanks for posting!

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Mushtaq Hussain
September 10, 2019
Very good informative and lesson learned

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Richard Ngwazi Milinga
September 11, 2019
I agree with NSC that solutions to the top listed violations are just at our vicinities. I believe that having some reviewable Safety Management Plans and resultant Emergency Response Plans their solutions will definitely indicate themselves and responsible safety persons and bodies may eventually grab them and take the opportunity to tackle them with a somewhat easy budgetary funding.

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September 11, 2019
What if your boss is the big violator of safety rules and he is saying he don't care. what can you do about it? How can I get training safety supervisor to improve my safety career?

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Adnan sadiq
September 11, 2019
Knowledge able.informative and willingly to follow up.

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Jesse Robles
September 13, 2019
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January 12, 2020
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Curious
February 24, 2020
Is it a violation for a delivery company to have delivery sprinter vans with no driver side step? So drivers can step out of vehicles more securely?

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August 11, 2020
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April 7, 2022
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