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Top OSHA Hazards Persist for 3rd Year
Racking up more than 18,500 citations, fall protection, hazard communication, scaffolding and respiratory hazards accounted for the top four health and safety violations by U.S. employers in fiscal 2014.
Those are the same top four hazards, in that order, that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recorded in 2012 and 2013, preliminary data show.
Overall, fall-protection-related violations accounted for three of OSHA's Top 10 in FY 2014, according to the data released Sept. 16 in San Diego at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo, the U.S.'s largest gathering of safety and health professionals.
The number of Fall Protection citations did decline from both 2012 and 2013. The other three categories showed declines from their 2013 spike, but remained above 2012 levels.
'Much Room for Improvement'
The list was released Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
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OSHA's Hazard Communication standards have been revised to, among other things, clarify safety information on labeling. The standard is the No. 2 source of OSHA violations. |
Top 10
The preliminary 2014 figures, the referenced standard and total citations are as follows. More information on each standard is available under the link:
