#1-Scaffolding
- Failure to provide fall protection
- Failure to provide proper access (ladder, ramp, or stair access not provided)
- Failure to provide adequate platform construction
- Lack of personal fall arrest or guardrail systems
- Failure to properly support scaffolding from movement or tip-over
#2-Hazard Communication
- Failure to develop and maintain a written program
- Failure to maintain employee training
- Failure to have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical
- Lack of or failure to provide employee training
- Failure to label each container with the identity of the hazardous chemical within
#3-Fall Protection
- Failure to use a guardrail or personal fall-arrest system
- Failure to provide fall protection when working on low-slope roofs
- Failure to provide fall protection when working around holes
- Failure to provide fall protection when working on equipment or level above 6 feet
- Lack of training for employees in fall hazards and use of equipment provided
#4-Respiratory Protection
- Failure to establish a written program
- Failure to provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee’s ability to use a respirator
- Failure to ensure an employee using a tight-fitting face piece respirator is fit-tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator face piece (size, style, model, or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter
- Failure to identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace
- Failure to ensure employees using a tight-fitting respirator pass an appropriate qualitative or quantitative fit test
#5-Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
- Failure to establish and implement a written program
- Failure to develop, document, and utilize procedures for the control of potentially hazardous energy
- Failure to provide training to ensure the purpose and function of the LOTO program are understood by employees
- Failure to conduct periodic inspection and evaluation of the LOTO program
- Failure to clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance
#6-Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) & Lifting Equipment
- Failure to ensure each operator is competent to operate the equipment
- Failure to certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated
- Failure to take damaged equipment out of service
- Failure to provide refresher training and evaluation (at least every 3 years)
- Failure to perform inspection before placing equipment in service
#7-Electrical Wiring related to grounding, wiring, & temporary cords
- Failure to effectively close conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings and protect from abrasion
- Failure to provide all pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings with approved covers
- Failure to connect flexible cords with proper strain relief
- Flexible cords and cable exposed to traffic or damage
- Flexible cords used as a substitute for fixed wiring of a structure
#8-Machine Guarding
- Failure to provide one or more methods of machine guards
- Failure to guard the point of operation of machines that exposes employee to injury
- Failure to anchor fixed machinery to prevent movement or tip-over
- Failure to guard blades
- Failure to affix/replace guards on moving parts or spindles
#9-Electrical relating to general requirements
- Failure to install and use electrical equipment according to factory instructions
- Failure to guard electrical equipment
- Failure to identify disconnecting means and circuits
- Failure to keep access to panel/work space clear
- Use of electrical equipment containing recognized hazards
#10-Ladders
- Failure to extend side rails at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface
- Using ladders for a purpose other than for which they were designed
- Using the top or top step of a stepladder
- Failure to mark ladders with structural defects as defective or remove them from service
- Failure to use ladders on stable and level surfaces
–Peter Kuchinsky owns CBA Construction Safety Check in Vista, Calif. Contact him at question@cbaexpert.com.
Top 10
OSHA’s Top 10 safety violations from 2005.
1. Scaffolding
2. Hazard Communication
3. Fall Protection
4. Respiratory Protection
5. Lockout/Tagout
6. Powered Industrial Trucks
7. Electrical–Wiring
8. Machine Guarding
9. Electrical–General Requirements
10. Ladders