At the National Safety Council (NSC) meeting this month, the annual list of the Top 10 Violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were previewed by Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s directorate of enforcement programs.
The Top 10 for FY 2019* are:
- Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501) — 6,010
- Hazard Communication (1910.1200) — 3,671
- Scaffolding (1926.451) — 2,813
- Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) — 2,606
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) — 2,450
- Ladders (1926.1053) — 2,345
- Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) — 2,093
- Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503) — 1,773
- Machine Guarding (1910.212) — 1,743
- Eye and Face Protection (1926.102) — 1,411
*Preliminary figures as of Aug. 15, 2019