an osha most cited ppt

1. Top Ten
Violations
Most frequently cited
OSHA standards
during FY 2016
inspections
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1. Fall Protection
2. Hazard Communication
3. Scaffolding
4. Respiratory Protection
5. Lockout/Tagout
6. Powered Industrial Trucks
7. Ladders
8. Machine Guarding
9. Electrical – Wiring Methods
10. Electrical – General Requirements

2. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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1) 1926.501 - Fall Protection
• 1926.501(b)(13) (3,909 violations) – fall protection in
residential construction
• 1926.501(b)(1) (1,278 violations) – unprotected sides and
edges
• 1926.501(b)(10) (624 violations) – roofing work on low-
slope roofs
• 1926.501(b)(11) (522 violations) – steep roofs
• 1926.501(b)(4)(i) (154 violations) – protection from falling
through holes, including skylights

3. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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2) 1910.1200 - Hazard Communication
• 1910.1200(e)(1) (1,832 violations) – written hazard
communication program
• 1910.1200(h)(1) (1,446 violations) – employee information
and training
• 1910.1200(g)(8) (464 violations) – maintaining copies of
Safety Data Sheets in the workplace and ensuring that they
are readily available to employees
• 1910.1200(g)(1) (386 violations) – having Safety Data
Sheets in the workplace for each hazardous chemical
• 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) (335 violations) – training on details of
employer’s hazard communication program

4. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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3) 1926.451 - Scaffolding
• 1926.451(g)(1) (614 violations) – fall protection
• 1926.451(e)(1) (507 violations) – providing access
• 1926.451(b)(1) (464 violations) – platform
construction
• 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) (324 violations) – use of personal
fall arrest or guardrail systems
• 1926.451(g)(4)(i) (203 violations) – installation of
guardrail systems

5. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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4) 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection
• 1910.134(e)(1) (614 violations) – medical evaluation to
determine employee’s ability to use a respirator
• 1910.134(c)(1) (499 violations) – written respiratory
protection program
• 1910.134(f)(2) (341 violations) – fit testing for employees
using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator: testing frequency
• 1910.134(c)(2)(i) (240 violations) – providing respirators at
request of employees or permitting employees to use their
own respirators
• 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) (235 violations) – respirator selection:
evaluation of respiratory hazards in workplace

6. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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5) 1910.147 – Lockout/Tagout
• 1910.147(c)(4)(i) (644 violations) – developing,
documenting, and utilizing energy control procedures
• 1910.147(c)(1) (440 violations) – establishing an energy
control program
• 1910.147(c)(6)(i) (374 violations) – periodic inspection of
energy control procedure at least annually
• 1910.147(c)(7)(i) (289 violations) – training on the energy
control program
• 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A) (196 violations) – training on the energy
control program: recognition of hazardous energy sources
and other topics

7. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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6) 1910.178 – Powered Industrial
Trucks
• 1910.178(l)(1)(i) (617 violations) – operator training: ensuring
that operators are competent to safely operate a powered
industrial vehicle as demonstrated by completion of training and
evaluation
• 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) (298 violations) – refresher training and
evaluation: evaluation of operator’s performance must be
conducted at least once every three years
• 1910.178(l)(6) (288 violations) – certification of operator training
and evaluation
• 1910.178(p)(1) (255 violations) – taking powered industrial trucks
out of service when in need of repair, defective, or unsafe
• 1910.178(q)(7) (185 violations) – examining powered industrial
trucks daily or after each shift before placing them in service

8. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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7) 1926.1053 - Ladders
• 1926.1053(b)(1) (1,457 violations) – extending portable
ladder side rails at least 3 feet above upper landing surface
• 1926.1053(b)(4) (354 violations) – using ladders only for
purpose for which they were designed
• 1926.1053(b)(13) (235 violations) – not using the top or top
step of a stepladder as a step
• 1926.1053(b)(16) (127 violations) – marking or tagging
portable ladders with structural defects and removing them
from service
• 1926.1053(b)(22) (75 violations) – not carrying
objects/loads that could cause employee to lose balance
and fall

9. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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8) 1910.212 – Machine Guarding
• 1910.212(a)(1) (1,486 violations) – providing one or
more methods of machine guarding
• 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) (615 violations) – point of operation
guarding
• 1910.212(b) (156 violations) – anchoring fixed
machinery
• 1910.212(a)(2) (68 violations) – affixing guards to the
machine
• 1910.212(a)(5) (49 violations) – guarding fan blades

10. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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9) 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods
• 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A) (338 violations) – not using flexible cords and
cables as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure
• 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) (314 violations) – closing unused openings in
cabinets, boxes, and fittings
• 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) (301 violations) – connecting flexible cords and
cables to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided that will
prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal
screws
• 1910.305(b)(2)(i) (250 violations) – providing pull boxes, junction
boxes, and fittings with covers identified for the purpose
• 1910.305(b)(1)(i) (76 violations) – protecting conductors entering
cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings from abrasion

11. Top Ten Violations: FY 2016
(with top 5 sections cited)
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10) 1910.303 – Electrical, General
• 1910.303(b)(2) (443 violations) – installing and using listed or
labeled equipment in accordance with instructions included in the
listing or labeling
• 1910.303(g)(2)(i) (167 violations) – guarding live parts (600 volts,
nominal, or less to ground)
• 1910.303(g)(1)(ii) (167 violations) – no use of working space for
storage, and guarding working space
• 1910.303(g)(1) (163 violations) – sufficient access and working
space about electrical equipment (600 volts, nominal, or less to
ground)
• 1910.303(f)(2) (149 violations) – marking service, feeder, and
branch circuits at their disconnecting means or overcurrent device

12. Top Ten Violations in Construction FY 2016
1. Fall Protection, Duty to Have (1926.501)
2. Scaffolding (1926.451)
3. Ladders (1926.1053)
4. Fall Protection, Training (1926.503)
5. Eye and Face Protection (1926.102)
6. Hazard Communication (1910.1200)
7. Head Protection (1926.100)
8. General Safety and Health Provisions (1926.20)
9. Aerial Lifts (1926.453)
10. Fall Protection, Systems Criteria and Practices (1926.502)