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OSHA Enforcement Activity in the Seven Target Industries Remains Robust

In 2003, OSHA developed a 5-year Strategic Management Plan (SMP) directing the Agency's resources towards three over-arching goals, one of which focuses on the reduction of occupational injuries, illnesses, and loss of life. To accomplish the goals of fatality, injury, and illness reduction set forth in the Strategic Management Plan, OSHA identified seven industries with high injury/illness rates and a high proportion of severe injuries/illnesses for focused targeting of outreach, education and enforcement activity. These industries include:

During FY2005, OSHA conducted 2,924 inspections within these seven industries. Many of these inspections were a result of Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs), which Area and Regional offices develop to address specific hazards of their geographic location. The objective of our effort is to significantly lower the disproportionately high injury and illness rates in these industries.

Listed below are the standards which were cited by Federal OSHA for the specified SIC during the period October 2007 through September 2008. Penalties shown reflect current rather than initial amounts.

Standard

#Cited

#Insp

$Penalty

Description

Total

8620

2902

6319369

 

19260501

1382

1197

1654695

Duty to have fall protection.

19260451

1283

543

1003437

General requirements.

19261053

522

383

274256

Ladders.

19260020

348

310

210741

General safety and health provisions.

19261052

339

255

214018

Stairways.

19260404

326

271

162270

Wiring design and protection.

19260405

321

246

109603

Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use.

19260453

265

240

246640

Aerial lifts.

19260503

260

252

109923

Training requirements.

19260100

251

245

126046

Head protection.

19260502

243

151

180100

Fall protection systems criteria and practices.

19260403

220

182

101286

General requirements.

19101200

219

115

26774

Hazard Communication.

19260454

167

152

53947

Training requirements.

19260102

147

142

73433

Eye and face protection.

19260021

144

142

157744

Safety training and education.

19260304

127

80

66572

Woodworking tools.

19260452

122

85

54286

Additional requirements applicable to specific types of scaffolds.

19260150

117

100

38257

Fire protection.

19260025

114

107

57187

Housekeeping.

19260651

112

67

141089

Specific Excavation Requirements.

19260095

102

101

44154

Criteria for personal protective equipment.

19261060

101

97

27772

Training requirements.

19260701

100

99

127216

General requirements

19261101

88

25

142558

Asbestos

19260416

78

72

37521

General requirements.

19260652

76

70

145323

Requirements for protective systems.

19261051

69

68

30318

General requirements.

19260350

66

48

24270

Gas welding and cutting.

19100134

64

34

20220

Respiratory Protection.

19100178

63

57

28975

Powered industrial trucks.

5A0001

63

61

126413

 

19260602

45

41

30523

Material handling equipment.

19260300

44

44

24869

General requirements.

19260153

42

31

19442

Liquefied petroleum gas (LP-Gas).

19260760

41

40

50000

Fall protection.

19260028

38

38

19272

Personal protective equipment.

19260062

34

10

16943

Lead

19260550

33

19

34410

Cranes and derricks.

19260050

31

24

14357

Medical services and first aid.

19260251

27

21

12062

Rigging equipment for material handling.

19040029

23

23

11786

Forms.

19260152

23

18

9110

Flammable and combustible liquids.

19260034

21

20

5477

Means of egress.

19260051

18

17

4205

Sanitation.

19260850

15

14

12988

Preparatory operations.

19040032

12

10

3450

Annual summary.

19260200

11

10

8956

Accident prevention signs and tags.

19260761

11

11

8765

Training.

19030019

10

10

3800

Abatement verification.

19260055

10

6

6750

Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists.

19260351

10

7

3190

Arc welding and cutting.

19260552

10

8

10300

Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators.

19260752

10

10

6525

Site layout, site-specific erection plan and construction sequence.

19260600

9

8

6488

Equipment.

19260703

9

5

40800

Requirements for cast-in-place Concrete.

19260201

8

7

4198

Signaling.

19260754

8

5

21465

Structural steel assembly.

19040040

7

7

1575

 

19260056

7

7

2280

Illumination.

19260250

7

6

3975

General requirements for storage.

19260252

7

7

4550

Disposal of waste materials.

19260059

6

3

555

Hazard Communication.

19260307

6

4

3945

Mechanical power-transmission apparatus.

19040039

5

5

12675

 

19260054

5

3

400

Nonionizing radiation.

19260066

5

2

3000

Criteria for design and construction of spray booths.

19260302

5

5

740

Power-operated hand tools.

19100023

4

4

3125

Guarding floor and wall openings and holes.

19100333

4

1

6000

Selection and use of work practices

19260035

4

2

600

Employee emergency action plans.

19260103

4

1

350

Respiratory protection.

19260106

4

2

3750

Working over or near water.

19260151

4

4

1000

Fire prevention

19260154

4

3

3570

Temporary heating devices.

19100037

3

2

800

Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes.

19100067

3

3

896

Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms.

19260026

3

3

0

Illumination.

19260052

3

3

1475

Occupational noise exposure.

19260301

3

3

915

Hand tools.

19260554

3

2

5100

Overhead hoists.

19260601

3

3

1237

Motor vehicles.

19260706

3

3

3600

Requirements for masonry construction.

19260755

3

3

900

Column anchorage.

19030002

2

2

180

Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

19040033

2

2

900

Retention and updating.

19100132

2

2

2500

General requirements.

19100135

2

2

1860

Head protection.

19100215

2

1

2100

Abrasive wheel machinery.

19100305

2

2

1025

Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use.

19260096

2

2

450

Occupational foot protection.

19260303

2

2

705

Abrasive wheels and tools.

19260352

2

2

6300

Fire prevention.

19260417

2

2

600

Lockout and tagging of circuits.

19260704

2

2

4450

Requirements for precast concrete.

19260753

2

2

1610

Hoisting and rigging.

19260757

2

1

1750

Open web steel joists.

19260758

2

1

3000

Systems-engineered metal buildings.

19260852

2

1

0

Chutes.

19040001

1

1

0

Partial exemption for employers with 10 or fewer employees.

19040002

1

1

0

Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries.

19040004

1

1

60

Recording criteria.

19040005

1

1

0

Determination of work-relatedness.

19040007

1

1

900

General recording criteria.

19040035

1

1

0

 

19100024

1

1

2000

Fixed industrial stairs.

19100026

1

1

2000

Portable metal ladders.

19100036

1

1

0

Design and construction requirements for exit routes.

19100119

1

1

1125

Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.

19100217

1

1

375

Mechanical power presses.

19100252

1

1

1200

General requirements.

19100304

1

1

500

Wiring design and protection.

19101000

1

1

1125

Air contaminants.

19101020

1

1

0

Access to employee exposure and medical records.

19101052

1

1

225

Methylene Chloride.

19260023

1

1

0

First aid and medical attention.

19260353

1

1

525

Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting, and heating.

19260756

1

1

720

Beams and columns.

19260851

1

1

0

Stairs, passageways, and ladders.

19260854

1

1

4500

Removal of walls, masonry sections, and chimneys.

19260905

1

1

1500

Loading of explosives or blasting agents.

19261000

1

1

1000

Rollover protective structures (ROPS) for material handling equipment.