OSHA Top 10 Safety Violations for 2017 (Fiscal Year)

With employers always having limited resources for safety, they would benefit from OSHA’s Top 10 violations for 2017. If the employer are going to put money towards safety, I would recommend the following areas as applicable to their business:

1. Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501)     

6,072

2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200)   

4,176

3. Scaffolding (1926.451)              

3,288

4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134)     

3,097

5. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147)    

2,877

6. Ladders (1926.1053) 

2,241

7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178)

2,162

8. Machine Guarding (1910.212)               

1,933

9. Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503)     

1,523

10. Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305)          

1,405

Fall protection has led the safety violations for many years and generally include falls in excess of 8 feet.

Hazard Communication includes all those written safety plans required by law.

No matter what industry an employer is in (and some are more than one), there is a high likelihood that you have an area in OSHA’s Top 10 violations.

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