A Starting Point for Workplace Safety

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration tracks the most frequently cited safety and health violations for each year, compiled from nearly 32,000 inspections of workplaces by federal OSHA staff. Surprisingly, they rarely change. 

Here is OSHA's latest report: Top 10 OSHA Citations of 2016: A Starting Point for Workplace Safety.

This list summarizes the most common issues from their findings:

1. Fall protection
2. Hazard communication
3. Scaffolds
4. Respiratory protection
5. Lockout/tagout
6. Powered industrial trucks
7. Ladders
8. Machine guarding
9. Electrical wiring
10. Electrical, general requirements