NOTE: Generally, OSHA does not post the top ten violations until after the first week in April, so as to allow the prior fiscal year’s inspection data to finalize past the close of the fiscal year (September 30th).
Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards
for Fiscal Year 2023 (Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023)
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.
- Fall Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) [related safety resources]
- Hazard Communication, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) [related safety resources]
- Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) [related safety resources]
- Scaffolding, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) [related safety resources]
- Powered Industrial Trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) [related safety resources]
- Control of Hazardous Energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147) [related safety resources]
- Respiratory Protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) [related safety resources]
- Fall Protection Training, construction (29 CFR 1926.503) [related safety resources]
- Eye and Face Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.102) [related safety resources]
- Machinery and Machine Guarding, general industry (29 CFR 1910.212) [related safety resources]
- To search an OSHA standard, see this webpage: OSHA Law and Regulations
- To search the top violations of an industry with a specific NAICS code, see this webpage: Frequently Cited OSHA Standards
- To search and view the industry profile for violations of any specific OSHA standard, see this webpage: Industry Profile for an OSHA Standard
