Safety Training for OSHA's 2024 Top Ten Violations


While you can't prevent OSHA inspectors from showing up at your door, you can be prepared for them. A look at OSHA's annual top 10 list of most frequently cited safety and health standards gives you an idea of where inspectors are focused and provides a starting point to examine how your company's compliance program measures up.

Standard
Regulation
Number of Citations
Related Training Programs
STANDARD

1. Fall protection – General Requirements

REGULATION

1926.501

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

6,307

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

2. Hazard Communication

REGULATION

1910.1200

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,888

STANDARD

3. Ladders

REGULATION

1926.1053

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,573

STANDARD

4. Respiratory Protection

REGULATION

1910.134

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,470

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

5. Lockout/Tagout

REGULATION

1910.147

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,443

STANDARD

6. Powered Industrial Trucks

REGULATION

1910.178

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,248

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

7. Fall Protection – Training Requirements

REGULATION

1926.503

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2,050

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

8. Scaffolding

REGULATION

1926.451

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

1,873

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

9. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment-Eye and Face Protection

REGULATION

1926.102

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

1,814

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
STANDARD

10. Machine Guarding

REGULATION

1910.212

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

1,541

RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS

While there are trouble spots unique to each standard, training is one area in which OSHA finds violations across general industry and construction. The lockout/tagout standard has three different levels of training, depending on employees' duties and whether they are considered "authorized," "affected," or "other" under 1910.147. Authorized employees need the most training, other employees the least.

Training plays a major role in hazard communication (HazCom). Employers must train all employees prior to their first exposure to a hazardous chemical and retrain them when new or different chemicals are introduced, or when there are changes in the way the chemicals are used.

The powered industrial truck (PIT) standard requires employers to train operators on all the types of PIT equipment they operate. Employers often fail to provide equipment-specific training and instead allow workers with only forklift training to operate other types of PIT.

OSHA also has been cracking down on training on fall protection in construction. Training must be provided to all employees who might be exposed to fall hazards, and it must both enable employees to recognize the hazards of falling and understand how to minimize these hazards.

In all instances, training must be provided in a format and language that employees understand. Also, keep in mind that OSHA requires temporary employees to have the same training as any other employees if they are exposed to the same hazards.

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