OHSA FREQUENT VIOLATION CATEGORIES BASIC INFORMATION

OSHA relies heavily on data and statistics to formulate its regulations and focus its attention on workplace safety. The most frequently violated OSHA construction industry standards include the following categories:

Aerial lifts (OSHA 1926.453)
Electrical general requirements (OSHA 1926.403)
Electrical wiring design and protection (OSHA 1926.404)
Electrical wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use (OSHA 1926.105)
Eye and face protection (OSHA 1926.102)
Fall protection practices (OSHA 1926.502) and fall protection training requirements (OSHA 1926.503)
General duty requirements (OSHA 5 A 1)
General safety and health regulations (OSHA 1926.20)
Head protection (OSHA 1926.100)
Ladder safety (OSHA 1926.1053)
Recordkeeping requirements (OSHA 1926.1101)
Scaffolding safety practices (OSHA 1926.451) and scaffolding training requirements (OSHA 1926.21)

There are many safety compliance issues for the average small company to digest. But OSHA is not some big, bad wolf that lurks in the shadows waiting to pounce on unsuspecting employers.

OSHA seeks to identify clear and realistic priorities and to provide employers with the tools and opportunity to protect their workers by emphasizing safety and health. OSHA’s purpose is to save lives, prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, and protect the health of all American workers.

Whenever possible, OSHA’s primary emphasis is on the implementation of hazard control strategies that are based on prevention, and reducing hazardous exposures at their source. For these reasons, OSHA focuses the majority of its field activities on workplaces and job sites where the greatest potential exists for injuries and illnesses.