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What You Don't Know May Hurt You: OSHA's Top 10 Violations

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OSHA has revealed the top 10 most-cited violations for the period between October 1, 2004 and August 30, 2005. The most-cited standard is still Scaffolding--General Requirements (1926.451) with 8,130 violations, and the second most-cited standard continues to be Hazard Communication (1910.1200) with 6,641 violations.

Citation CFRNumber of Violations
Scaffolding--General Requirements 1926.451 8,130
Hazard Communication 1910.1200 6,641
Fall Protection--General Requirements 1926.501 5,504
Respiratory Protection 1910.134 3,904
Lockout/Tagout 1910.147 3,711
Powered Industrial Trucks 1910.178 2,871
Electrical--Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment for General Use 1910.305 2,785
Machine Guarding--General Requirements 1910.212 2,743
Electrical--General Requirements 1910.303 2,120
Ladders 1926.1053 2,054









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