Once again, construction industry-related standard violations have topped OSHA’s list of the Top 10 violations of 2010.
OSHA revealed the list at last week’s Safety Council Congress in San Diego. With more than 8,000 infractions, violations of the construction scaffolding standard once again topped a list that did not differ significantly from violations lists issued in recent years. Fall protection standard violations came in second at more than 7,500 violations.
Here’s a complete list:
- Scaffolding - General
- Fall Protection
- Hazard Communication
- Respiratory Protection
- Ladders
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- Lockout/Tagout
- Electrical - Wiring Methods
- Powered Industrial Trucks
- Electrical - General
- Machine Guarding
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Nearly 100,000 violations were issued in the 2010 fiscal year, and the violations specified in this year’s Top 10 list represented about 50 per cent of all violations.
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