Fall protection again topped the list, which was revealed Sept. 26 at the NSC conference before a standing-room-only crowd.
The FY2017 Top Ten:
1. Fall Protection, 1926.501, 6,072 violations
2. Hazard Communication, 1910.1200, 4,176 violations
3. Scaffolding, 1926.451, 3,288 violations
4. Respiratory Protection, 1910.134, 3,097 violations
5. Lockout/Tagout, 1910.147, 2,877 violations
6. Ladders, 1926.1053, 2,241 violations
7. Powered Industrial Trucks, 1910.178, 2,162 violations
8. Machine Guarding, 1910.212, 1,933 violations
9. Fall Protection — Training Requirements, 1926.503, 1,523 violations
10. Electrical Wiring Methods, 1910.305, 1,405 violations
Four of the Top Ten involve fall exposures, and Kapust explained that inadequate or unprovided training is involved in many or most of the violations cited by OSHA in four of the standards on the list.
