As it does every year, OSHA has released the preliminary top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for the current fiscal year.
Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the list at the National Safety Council’s Congress in San Diego.
The Top 10 violations are:
- Fall Protection (1926.501) – 6,143 violations
- Hazard Communication (1910.1200) – 5,161
- Scaffolding (1926.451) – 4,029
- Respiratory Protection – (1910.134) – 3,223
- Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 2,704
- Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) – 2,662
- Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305) – 2,490
- Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,448
- Machine Guarding (1910.212) – 2,200, and
- Electrical – General Requirements (1910.303) – 2,056.
These figures are of Aug. 11, 2014. Federal Fiscal Year 2014 ends Sept. 30, 2014. OSHA’s final violation count will be available in mid-November.