If you want to identify top safety hazards in the workplace, OSHA's Terrible Ten violations might be a good place to start.
OSHA recently released its top cited safety violations. Here are the categories and the number of citations issues:
1 Fall protection 5,899
2 Scaffolding 3,059
3 Hazard Communication 2,949
4 Ladders 2,480
5 Lockout/Tagout 2,384
6 Respiratory Protection 2,044
7 Machine Guarding 1,710
8 Powered Industrial Trucks 1,548
9 Fall Protection,
training requirements 1,539
10 Personal Protective
and Life Saving Equipment
— Eye and Face 1,353
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
