Top 10 OSHA Violations of 2015
Posted on September 28, 2015 | in Health

OSHA named the Top 10 OSHA violations of 2015 at this year’s National Safety Council Congress and Expo in Atlanta. Once again, Hazard Communication maintained a stranglehold on the #2 spot, second only to Fall Protection.
Here is the complete Top 10, as well as the listings for previous years:
Most Cited Violations of 2015
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,402 violations
- Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 5,681 violations
- Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 4,681 violations
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,626 violations
- Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,308 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,004 violations
- Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,732 violations
- Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 2,624 violations
- Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,540 violations
- Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,181 violations
Most Cited Violations of 2014
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 7,516 violations
- Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 6,148 violations
- Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 4,968 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,843 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,147 violations
- Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,117 violations
- Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,967 violations
- Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 2,907 violations
- Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,520 violations
- Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,427 violations
Most Cited Violations of 2013
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501) – 8,739 violations
- Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) – 6,556 violations
- Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451) – 5,724 violations (Big problem, people using scaffoldings as ladders and ladders as scaffolding, assuming one could work for the other.)
- Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 4,153 violations
- Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305) – 3,709 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178) – 3,554 violations
- Ladders (1926.1053) – 3,524 violations
- Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 3,505 violations
- Electrical – General (29 CFR 1910.303) – 2,932 violations
- Machine Guarding – General Requirement (29 CFR 1910.212) – 2,852 violations
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