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Jan. 16, 2012 - OSHA Releases Numbers for 2011

In 2011, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance officers conducted 40,648 inspections, down slightly from the 40,993 inspections that the agency conducted in 2010. Below are the top 10 most frequently cited standards from last year: 

1. Scaffolding [29 CFR 1926.451]
2. Fall Protection [29 CFR 1926.501]
3. Hazard Communication [29 CFR 1910.1200]
4. Respiratory Protection [29 CFR 1910.134]
5. Lockout/Tagout  [29 CFR 1910.147]
6. Electrical, Wiring Methods [29 CFR 1910.305]
7. Powered Industrial Trucks [29 CFR 1910.178]
8. Ladders [29 CFR 1926.1053]
9. Electrical, General Requirements [29 CFR 1910.303]
10. Machine Guarding [29 CFR 1910.212]

The standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties in 2011 included:

1. Fall protection, construction [29 CFR 1926.501]
2. Scaffolding, general requirements, construction [29 CFR 1926.451]
3. Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry [29 CFR 1910.147]
4. Machines, general requirements, general industry [29 CFR 1910.212]
5. Ladders, construction [29 CFR 1926.1053]
6. Excavations, requirements for protective systems [29 CFR 1926.652]
7. Powered industrial trucks, general industry [29 CFR 1910.178]
8. General Duty Clause [Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
9. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry [29 CFR 1910.305]
10. Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry [29 CFR 1910.303]

In 2011, the average penalty for a serious violation was $2,132 — 102 percent higher than the previous year's number of $1,053. This increase comes as a direct result of OSHA's new penalty structure, which was instituted in October 2010.