THE TOP TEN OSHA STANDARD INFRACTIONS - JULY 2019 SAFETY NOTES - SPECIALITY COOLING COMPANY, INC.
This is a monthly series that covers Occupational Safety at the workplace. Each Occupational Safety Notes is presented to you by Speciality Cooling Company, Inc.
Every year federal OSHA posts their top ten listing, for the general industry, of the most frequently cited OSHA standards for employers to review.
OSHA’s outright proclaimed motive for doing this is to let employers know what is being cited so that preventive steps can be taken in order to preclude parallel standards from being cited by others.
Back on Jan. 5, 2019, OSHA updated its annual top ten list of the most frequently cited standards covering the time period of Oct. 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018 and is numbered directly below:
2. 1910.1200 – hazard communication
4. 1910.134 – respiratory protection
6. 1910.178 – powered industrial trucks
8. 1910.305 – electrical, wiring methods
9. 1910.212 – machine guarding
10.1910.303 – electrical, general requirements
Though the order of this year’s top ten list swerved very little from previous years, there are consistencies of the cited standards for employers to take a heed to; all ten of the OSHA cited standards could be applicable, at varying degrees, at USDA inspected establishments; in particular, the Hazard Communication Standard, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding and Fall Protection.
Examine OSHA’s top ten list closely above and become more aware, if you’re not already, of the regulatory requirements that are germane to your unique operations. Consider too that these cited standards had dissimilar monetary fines connected to them.
Do your company’s industrial safety programs and that of hired outside-contractors meet the requirements of the OSHA standards that are listed above?