The construction industry is the industry most inspected and cited by in Occupational Safety & Health Administration enforcement, drawing 53% of all inspections, 43% of all citations, and 44% of all penalties assessed from October 2015 to September 2016.
Roofing contractors got the most citations in the past 12 months – 6,924, or 28% of all those issued to construction companies. Added together, the three most-cited construction business types – roofing, framing, and masonry contractors – were issued more than 13,000 citations, which is 53% of all construction citations and 23% of all OSHA citations for the year.
Residential building contractors and commercial and institutional building contractors round out the Top 5 business types most cited by OSHA.
The Top 10 standards for which OSHA cited contractors in the past 12 months:
- Standard 1926.501
- 5,718 citations
- $20,679,898 in penalties
2. General Requirements - Scaffolding
- Standard 1926.451
- 3,141 citations
- $6,486,753 in penalties
3. Ladders
- Standard 1926.1053
- 2,126 citations
- $3,793,655 in penalties
- Standard 1926.503
- 1,259 citations
- $1,411,787 in penalties
- Standard 1926.102
- 1,201 citations
- $2,291,785 in penalties
6. General Safety and Health Provisions
- Standard 1926.20
- 756 citations
- $1,358,820 in penalties
- Standard 1910.1200
- 753 citations
- $427,506 in penalties
- Standard 1926.100
- 753 citations
- $1,177,452 in penalties
9. Aerial Lifts
- Standard 1926.453
- 739 citations
- $1,559,109 in penalties
- Standard 1926.502
- 604 citations
- $1,037,050 in penalties