Top 10 OSHA Violations of 2015

Posted on September 28, 2015 | in Health

OSHA named the Top 10 OSHA violations of 2015 at this year’s National Safety Council Congress and Expo in Atlanta. Once again, Hazard Communication maintained a stranglehold on the #2 spot, second only to Fall Protection.

Here is the complete Top 10, as well as the listings for previous years:

Most Cited Violations of 2015

  1. Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,402 violations
  2. Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 5,681 violations
  3. Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 4,681 violations
  4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,626 violations
  5. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,308 violations
  6. Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,004 violations
  7. Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,732 violations
  8. Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 2,624 violations
  9. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,540 violations
  10. Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,181 violations

 

Most Cited Violations of 2014

  1. Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,516 violations
  2. Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 6,148 violations
  3. Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 4,968 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
  4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,843 violations
  5. Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,147 violations
  6. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,117 violations
  7. Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,967 violations
  8. Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 2,907 violations
  9. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,520 violations
  10. Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,427 violations

 

Most Cited Violations of 2013

  1. Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 8,739 violations
  2. Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 6,556 violations
  3. Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 5,724 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
  4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 4,153 violations
  5. Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 3,709 violations
  6. Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,554 violations
  7. Ladders (1926.1053) – 3,524 violations
  8. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,505 violations
  9. Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,932 violations
  10. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,852 violations

 

Most Cited Violations of 2012

  1. Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,250 violations
  2. Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 4,696 violations (mainly due to lack of training, labeling fail, access to MSDSs and lacking correct MSDSs)
  3. Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 3,814 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
  4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 2,371 violations
  5. Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,310 violations
  6. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,097 violations
  7. Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 1,993 violations
  8. Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 1,744 violations
  9. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 1,572 violations
  10. Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 1,332 violations

 

Most Cited Violations of 2011

  1. Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,139 violations
  2. Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 7,069 violations
  3. Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 6,538 violations
  4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,944 violations
  5. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,639 violations
  6. Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 3,584 violations
  7. Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,432 violations
  8. Ladders (1926.1053) – 3,244 violations
  9. Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,863 violations
  10. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,728 violations

 

Most Cited Violations of 2010

  1. Scaffolding
  2. Fall Protection
  3. Hazard Communication
  4. Respiratory Protection
  5. Ladders
  6. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout
  7. Electrical – Wiring Methods
  8. Powered Industrial Trucks
  9. Electrical – General
  10. Machine Guarding