OSHA Announces its Top-Ten Cited Standards of 2014

October 14th, 2014 - San Diego – OSHA, together with Safety+Health magazine, on Sept. 16 unveiled the agency's Top 10 most-cited violations for fiscal year 2014 during the NSC Congress and Expo.

Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs, and Kyle W. Morrison, S+H's senior associate editor, announced OSHA's Top 10 list in front of a crowd gathered on the Expo Floor.

For the fourth year in a row, OSHA's Fall Protection Standard (1926.501) is the agency's most frequently cited violation.

The entire list is as follows:

1. Fall Protection in Construction (1926.501)
2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200)
3. Scaffolding in Construction (1926.451)
4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134)
5. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147)
6. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178)
7. Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305)
8. Ladders in Construction (1926.1053)
9. Machine Guarding (1910.212)
10. Electrical – General Requirements (1910.303)

The data is preliminary. S+H will publish the finalized data.