At the 2012 National Safety Council Congress and Expo, OSHA unveiled this year's top 10 violations. Presented live from the Expo floor, the top ten list was sponsored by Safety+Health magazine. Falling very much in line with the list from the last couple of years, familiar violations crowded the top spots.
The list was very similar to 2011, with a couple of violations switching places. Hazard Communication violations remained high on the list, moving up to #2. Fall Protection stayed number 1, with scaffolding "falling" to #3.
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Most Cited Violations of 2012
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) - 7,250 violations
- Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) - 4,696 violations (mainly due to lack of training, labeling fail, access to MSDSs and lacking correct MSDSs)
- Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) - 3,814 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) - 2,371 violations
- Ladders (1926.1053) - 2,310 violations
- Machine Guarding - General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) - 2,097 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) - 1,993 violations
- Electrical - Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) - 1,744 violations
- Control of Hazardous Energy - Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) - 1,572 violations
- Electrical - General (29 CFR 1910.303) - 1,332 violations
Most Cited Violations of 2011
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) - 7,139 violations
- Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) - 7,069 violations
- Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) - 6,538 violations
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) - 3,944 violations
- Control of Hazardous Energy - Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) - 3,639 violations
- Electrical - Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) - 3,584 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) - 3,432 violations
- Ladders (1926.1053) - 3,244 violations
- Electrical - General (29 CFR 1910.303) - 2,863 violations
- Machine Guarding - General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) - 2,728 violations
Most Cited Violations of 2010
- Scaffolding
- Fall Protection
- Hazard Communication
- Respiratory Protection
- Ladders
- Control of Hazardous Energy - Lockout/Tagout
- Electrical - Wiring Methods
- Powered Industrial Trucks
- Electrical - General
- Machine Guarding
