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Top 10 Workplace
Safety Violations for 2017
UPDATES
4. Respiratory Protection
(29 CFR 1910.134) – 3,097
violations
Deputy Director of OSHA’s
Directorate of Enforcement
Programs top ten (10)
most cited standards from
workplace inspections by
OSHA.
The list reflects the areas
where employers show the
most vulnerability, but also
highlights the areas OSHA
focuses during inspections.
TOP TEN VIOLATIONS FOR
2017
1. Fall protection
in construction
(29 CFR 1926.501) – 6,072
violations
2. Hazard Communication
(29 CFR 1910.1200) – 4,176
violations
3. Scaffolding (29 CFR
1926.451) – 3,288 violations
5. Lockout/Tagout (29 CFR
1910.147) – 2,877 violations
6. Ladders in construction
(29 CFR 1926.1053) – 2,241
violations
7. Powered Industrial Trucks
(29 CFR 1910.178) - 2,162
violations
8. Machine Guarding
(29 CFR 1910.212) – 1,933
violations
9. Fall Protection training
requirement (29 CFR
1926.503) - 1,523 violations
10. Electrical wiring methods
(29 CFR 1910.305) - 1,405
violations
OSHA proposed penalties
stemming from a single
incident or related incidents
in which one or more
companies are alleged to
have failed to adhere to safe
work practices.
Joon LLC/Ajin USA/
Alliance HR Inc./Alliance
Total Solutions LLC/Joynus
Staffing
Auto parts supplier, staffing
agencies in Cuss, AL
Worker was crushed to
death while clearing a
sensor fault in a robotic
conveyor belt where metal
parts are stamped. Total
of 42 violations were cited,
$2,600,000 fine imposed
Atlantic Drain Service Co.,
Inc. in Boston, MA
Two workers drowned after a
trench collapsed, breaking an
adjacent fire hydrant line and
instantly flooding the trench.
Failure to shore trench, train
to recognize cave-ins. Similar
hazards in 2007 and 2012.
Total of 18 violations were
cited, $1,500,000 fine
imposed.
Great White Construction,
Inc., St Augustine, FL.
Workers removing shingles
and roof sheeting from
multistory building without
proper fall protection.
Harnesses were not tied off
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