OSHA Top 10 Citations for 2024

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that as recently as 2022, there were 5,486 fatal occupational injuries in the United States, millions more were injured or developed illnesses on the job. To protect workers, regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cover a wide range of potential hazards. These hazards can imperil worker health and safety, and by law, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees.

To help improve workplace safety each year, OSHA releases a list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations for the fiscal year. The list is compiled from tens of thousands of workplace inspections conducted by OSHA staff. For 2024, fall protection was the most-cited standard for the 14th year in a row.

The preliminary list of OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards, for fiscal year 2024, includes:
1. Fall Protection - General Requirements (6,307 violations)
2. Hazard Communication (2,888 violations)
3. Ladders (2,573 violations)
4. Respiratory Protection (2,470 violations)
5. Lockout/Tagout (2,443 violations)
6. Powered Industrial Trucks (2,248 violations)
7. Fall Protection - Training Requirements (2,050 violations)
8. Scaffolding (1,873 violations)
9. Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment – Eye and Face Protection (1,814 violations)
10. Machine Guarding (1,541 violations)

After years of releasing the Top 10 list, it unfortunately changes little year-to-year. OSHA urges employers to go beyond the minimal requirements to create a culture of safety at work, which has been shown to reduce costs, raise productivity, and improve morale.

These are just a few of the many things to know about the top 10 list of OSHA citations for 2024. To learn more about this or other occupational, industrial hygiene, health, safety, or environmental issues, please visit the websites shown below.

[HeidiVeliotis]

OSHA DID NOT DO THERE JOB, regarding a company that has had several safety violations and fatalities & continues not to report any incidents, they are self insured, currently cannot bid on jobs for stealing from towns, this company needs to be shut down, do your job OSHA because you failed or are you getting paid by this company to cover them up? They had a fatality and injuries June 1922 and continues to have accidents and do not report them Seal Coating Inc. in this Inc at a Braintree mass. The only reason why they’re not reporting to you is because the self insured because no insurance company will cover them due to all the accidents. You’re just as dirty as the company that you’re covering up for.