![]() Violations in the Eye and Face Protection category can range from protective equipment not being used by workers, to workers not being trained on how to properly wear eye or face protection, to protective equipment not being provided at all by employers. As a subpart of Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment, the eye and face protection standard addresses personal protective equipment for workers exposed to eye and face hazards.Īccording to the OSHA overview page on eye and face protection, thousands of employees are blinded each year from work-related injuries that could have been prevented with the proper selection and use of eye and face protection. 102) emerged as the new addition to the list this year, ranking at the tenth spot with 1,536 cited violations. ![]() Fall protection training includes training on the nature of fall hazards, the correct use of fall protection systems, and the role employees play in fall protection plans.Įye and Face Protection (. According to the standard, the program must enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and must train each employee on how to minimize these hazards. This category is intrinsically tied with Fall Protection – General Requirements, so it’s no surprise to see a jump in both categories.Įmployers are required to provide a complete, relevant training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards in the workplace. 503), with an increase of just over 250 violations compared to 2017, jumped from ninth to eighth. As such, fall protection leading the list was expected.Īfter making an initial debut last year, Fall Protection – Training Requirements (. Falls are one of the most common causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths. This year marks the eighth consecutive year the category has topped federal OSHA’s list of violations. 501) topped the list with a total number of 7,270, an increase from last year’s 6,887 violations for the same category. Once again, Fall Protection – General Requirements (. Missed last year’s Top 10 list? For more information, see the NES article OSHA’s Top 10 List of Citations for 2017įall Protection Returns, in Both First and Eighth With greater emphasis by employers on establishing and maintaining company safety and health programs and on providing regular, job-specific training to employees, we hope to see these citation numbers decrease overall in 2019. ![]() Four categories have decreased in number of violations, five have increased, and the final spot was unranked from last year. While the arrangement of the list remains similar to past years, the number of cited violations within the ten categories has decreased in some areas and increased in others. In fact, the top seven spots have remained the same since 2017, and the top five spots have been the same since 2014.Ĭompared to 2017, which saw all but one of the categories decrease in cited violations, 2018 seems to have been a mixed bag when it comes to workplace safety. Much of the 2018 list is unchanged from the previous year’s list of citations. The fiscal year ran from Octoto September 30, 2018. The above list portrays the federal OSHA regulations and statistics for 2018. Federal OSHA publishes the top 10 list annually to, “ alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in these and other standards.”Ĭheck out the following NES graphic for a complete listing of the federal OSHA top 10 categories of violations in 2018, including the associated standards and number of citations given. OSHA’s Top 10 of 2018 Sheds Insight on Common Violationsįederal OSHA’s top 10 list of cited violations for 2018 was released in October at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo in Houston, Texas. OSHA’s top 10 list of violations for 2018 has been released, with one newcomer. Written by: Virginia McCormick, NES, Inc.
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