OSHA Releases 2022 List of Most Frequently Violated Safety Standards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its list of the most frequently cited safety standards violations for 2022. The annual list, based on worksite inspections, aims to alert employers, safety professionals, and workers about common violations to help prevent them.

For the 12th year in a row “Fall Protection — General Requirements” found itself at number one for OSHA’s most cited standard. OSHA’s top 10 citations are:

1. Fall Protection — 5,980 citations

2. Hazard Communication — 2,682 citations

3. Ladders — 2,471 citations

4. Respiration Protection — 2,430 citations

5. Scaffolding — 2,285 citations 

6. Lockout/Tagout — 2,175 citations

7. Powered Industrial Trucks — 1,922 citations

8. Fall Protection-Training Requirements — 1,778 citations

9. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment-Eye and Face Protection — 1,582 citations

10. Machine Guarding — 1,488 citations 

“These violations can be abated with proper training and hazard awareness training, as well as by working with your local OSHA Area Directors and Regional Liaisons to better understand what goes on during investigations and during inspections,” BAC Safety and Health Director Liliana Calderon said. “Developing these relationships help our members and signatory contractors work safer.”

The BAC Health and Safety Department hosted a webinar on March 30 discussing the hazards and how to abate them. Scan the QR code above to watch the webinar on the BAC Safety and Health website.