Top 10 Most Frequently Cited OSHA Standards FY 2020

OSHA Releases Information on Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards for FY 2020

Although all of the standards that were previously found on the list in 2019 stayed on the list in 2020, there were some that moved positions in the list. Ladders climbed from spot number six to number five and Respiratory Protection rose to the third-place spot from number five.

More notable, however, is that Fall Protection - General Requirements is OSHA’s most frequently cited standard for the 10th straight fiscal year.

1. Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501): 5,424 violations

2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 3,199

3. Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 2,649

4. Scaffolding (1926.451): 2,538

5. Ladders (1926.1053): 2,129

6. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147): 2,065

7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178): 1,932

8. Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503): 1,621

9. Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment – Eye and Face Protection (1926.102): 1,369

10. Machine Guarding (1910.212): 1,313

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