Falls Top OSHA's Top 10 List Yet Again

In what likely is no surprise to anyone interested in occupational safety and health, fall protection again ranks #1 among OSHA's most-cited workplace safety violations.

Here are the preliminary figures for violations by standard in FY2013:

• Fall protection (1926.501): 8,241
• Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 6,156
• Scaffolding (1926.451): 5,423
• Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 3,879
• Electrical, Wiring Methods (1910.305): 3,452
• Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178): 3,340
• Ladders (1926.1053): 3,311
• Lockout/Tagout (1910.147): 3,254
• Electrical, General Requirements (1910.303): 2,745
• Machine Guarding (1910.212): 2,701

The list was announced today, during the National Safety Congress in Chicago.