Scaffolding, fall protection, hazard communications lead the list of top 10 OSHA violations

OSHA has released its preliminary list of the top 10 safety violations it has assessed in 2009 and at the head of the list are scaffolding problems (9,093 violations so far), fall protection (8,771 violations) and hazard communications (6,378 violations).

OSHA presented the list of the Top 10 Safety Violations for 2009 at the National Safety Council’s annual Congress & Expo. The final list will also be released through the NSC in December.

The number of top 10 violations is up almost 30 percent over the same period in 2008. The increase coincides with OSHA’s highly publicized ramp up in enforcement.

Jim Stanley

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    1 Comment

  1. Construction Safety Plan
    November 5, 2009

    Interesting list of violations. To be frank, the increase in violations is not surprising when you consider that many companies have undertaken cost cutting due to the economic crisis.

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