# Presentation: 432586

## TOP 10 VIOLATED STANDARDS

- In Fiscal Year 2001, based on most serious citations according to OSHA
- As published in the National Safety Council’s Safety and Health Magazine Vol. 164, No. 6, December 2001

## SCAFFOLDING 29 CFR 1926.451	

- The standard protects workers from falls when working on scaffolds at heights of more than 10 feet.
- Common problems are
- Failure to provide competent person to supervise
- Scaffold decks less than 4 feet wide

## FALL PROTECTION29 CFR 1926.501

- The standard protects workers from falls above 6 feet (OSHA granted home owners an exemption under congressional pressure)
- Common problems are
- Not guard open edges of floors
- Training lacking
- Workers step on insulation and go right through the roof to the floor below.

## HAZARD COMMUNICATION29 CFR 1910.1200	

- OSHA’s most heavily cited standard details the hazards posed by various substances, labeling containers and MSDS.
- Common problems are
- This standard applies anywhere there is any kind of hazardous chemical
- Widespread use of chemicals and lack of MSDS

## LOCKOUT/TAGOUT29 CFR 1910.147

- The standard requires employers to de-energize equipment for maintenance or post a sign warning equipment should be first turned off.
- Common problems are
- Labor intensive standard and requirements are difficult (according to employers)
- Workers bypass lockout procedures to save time

## MACHINE GUARDING29 CFR 1910.212

- The standard requires employers to place guards over or in front of a machine’s moving parts
- Common problems are
- Machine guards are removed and not replaced
- Machine guards are removed because they are perceived to be “in the way of my work”

## RESPIRATORY PROTECTION29 CFR 1910.134

- The standard requires respirator use to protect workers from toxic fumes or other breathing hazards.
- Common problems are
- Failure to perform air monitoring or require workers to wear respirators
- Fairly labor intensive standard

## ELECTRICAL – WIRING29 CFR 1910.305

- The standard covers the grounding of electrical equipment, wiring and insulation.
- Common problems are
- Lack of proper grounding
- Unused openings in electrical devices
- Failure to provide approved covers for junctions and fittings for boxes.

## MECHANICAL POWER – Transmission Apparatus 29 CFR 1910.219

- The standard calls for proper guarding of gears, chains, belts, pulleys and drive shafts so that a worker does not become caught in the transmission devices.
- Common problems are
- Serious machine guarding hazards
- Failure to guard sprocket wheels and chains, rotating parts such as belts and pulleys and in-running nip points

## POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS29 CFR 1910.178

- The standard applies to operation of forklifts
- Common problems are
- Seat belts buckled
- Additional training requirements requiring licensing

## EXCAVATIONS29 CFR 1926.651

- The standard covers the failure to shore up trenches and similar construction violations.
- Common problems are
- Cave-ins, falls, electrocutions, struck by falling objects and bad air.
- Employers say they only dig a trench for a little while when in reality “fatalities occur in just a little while”

## TOP 10 “MOST SERIOUS” VIOLATIONS

- Scaffolding		6,710
- Fall Protection	4,143
- Hazard Comm	3,619
- Lockout/Tagout	3,023
- Machine Guard	2,541

- Respiratory Prot	2,219
- Electrical Wiring	2,152
- Mechanical Power	2,003
- Forklifts		1,656
- Excavation		1,528

## TOP 10 “MOST OFTEN CITED” VIOLATIONS

- Hazard Comm	7,233
- Scaffolding		7,134
- Fall Protection	4,421
- Respiratory Prot	3,971
- Lockout/Tagout	3,875

- Electrical Wiring	3,125
- Machine Guard	2,797
- Forklifts		2,334
- Electrical Systems	2,223
- Mechanical Power	2,191