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:
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1. Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501) |
6,072 |
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2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200) |
4,176 |
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3. Scaffolding (1926.451) |
3,288 |
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4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) |
3,097 |
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5. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) |
2,877 |
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6. Ladders (1926.1053) |
2,241 |
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7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) |
2,162 |
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8. Machine Guarding (1910.212) |
1,933 |
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9. Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503) |
1,523 |
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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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