Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards

for Fiscal Year 2024 (Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024)

The following is a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA for all industries. OSHA publishes the list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in these and other standards before OSHA shows up. Workers suffer preventable injuries, illnesses, and deaths related to the hazards addressed in these standards.

  1. Fall Protection, general requirements (29 CFR 1926.501) [related safety resources]
  2. Hazard Communication, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) [related safety resources]
  3. Control of Hazardous Energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147) [related safety resources]
  4. Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) [related safety resources]
  5. Respiratory Protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) [related safety resources]
  6. Powered Industrial Trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) [related safety resources]
  7. Fall Protection Training, construction (29 CFR 1926.503) [related safety resources]
  8. Scaffolding, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) [related safety resources]
  9. Eye and Face Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.102) [related safety resources]
  10. Machine Guarding, general industry (29 CFR 1910.212) [related safety resources]

OSHA's FY 2024 Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations - Includes illustrations symbolizing the top ten most frequently cited standards in the list on this page Español