List Your Equipment  /  Dealer Login
☰
Equipmentdown-arrow
  • Parts Search
  • Heavy Equipment Specs
  • Wanted to Buy
  • CEG Bargains
  • All Equipment List

  • Aerial Lifts
  • Aggregate Equipment
  • Agricultural Equipment
  • Air Compressors
  • Asphalt / Concrete / Paving
  • Asphalt Pavers
  • Attachments
  • Backhoe Loaders
  • Cold Planers / Milling Machines
  • Compact Track Loaders
  • Compaction Equipment
  • Conveyors / Feeders / Stackers
  • Cranes
  • Crawler Carriers
  • Crawler Dozers
  • Crawler Loaders
  • Crushers
  • Drills
  • Dumpers
  • Excavators
  • Forestry Equipment
  • Forklifts
  • Landscaping Equipment
  • Light Towers
  • Material Handlers
  • Mini Excavators
  • Miscellaneous Equipment
  • Motor Graders
  • Off-Highway Trucks
  • Off-Highway Water Trucks
  • On-Road Trucks
  • Pipelayers
  • Power Systems and Generation
  • Pumps
  • Scrapers
  • Screening
  • Skid Steer Loaders
  • Skip Loaders
  • Snow Equipment
  • Straw Blowers / Hydroseeders
  • Sweepers
  • Telehandlers
  • Trailers
  • Trenching / Boring / Cable Plows
  • Utility Vehicles
  • Welders
  • Wheel Dozers
  • Wheel Loaders
    • Newsdown-arrow
    Auctionsdown-arrow
    Companydown-arrow
    Subscribedown-arrow
    Parts
    Buyer's Guides
    Digital Issues
    Videos
    search-icon Search

    OSHA Reveals Top Ten Safety Violations for 2017

    OSHA’s recently published list of most-cited safety violations for 2017 provides key areas for you and your crew to pay special attention to moving into the new year.

    Wed December 13, 2017 - National Edition
    Emily Buenzle


    While all of these violations showcase safety hazards that workers must contend with on a daily basis, a recent surge in fall protection violations is a particular cause for concern, OSHA recently told Safety + Health Magazine.
    While all of these violations showcase safety hazards that workers must contend with on a daily basis, a recent surge in fall protection violations is a particular cause for concern, OSHA recently told Safety + Health Magazine.

    No matter what part of the industry you work in, safety should always be the number-one priority.

    OSHA's recently published list of most-cited safety violations for 2017 provides key areas for you and your crew to pay special attention to moving into the new year.

    The top-10 list includes:

  • Fall protection—general requirements, with 6,887 total violations;
  • Hazard communication, with 4,652 total violations;
  • Scaffolding, with 3,697 total violations;
  • Respiratory protection, with 3,381 total violations;
  • Lockout/tagout, with 3,131 total violations;
  • Ladders, with 2,567 total violations;
  • Powered industrial trucks, with 2,349 total violations;
  • Machine guarding, with 2,109 total violations;
  • Fall protection—training requirements, with 1,724 total violations; and
  • Electrical—wiring methods, with 1,530 total violations.

    • While all of these violations showcase safety hazards that workers must contend with on a daily basis, a recent surge in fall protection violations is a particular cause for concern, OSHA recently told Safety + Health Magazine.




    Today's top stories

    New Bridges Part of Iowa's $114M Madison Avenue Project

    Eagle Bridge Co. Works On Final Leg of U.S. 35 Upgrade

    Fay Preps Way for Pittsburgh International Airport Modernization Project

    SAKAI Achieves Record Sales, Production

    Takeuchi Recognizes Top Dealers at 2024 Dealer Summit

    Tennessee's Pugmill Systems LLC Expands Its Product Offerings to Include Concrete Plants

    ASCENDUM Machinery Opens New Savannah, Ga., Facility

    FEMA Repaying Vermont $22M for Cleanup Costs Due to July 2023 Floods



     

    Read more about...

    Health and Safety OSHA






    aggregateequipmentguide-logo agriculturalequipmentguide-logo craneequipmentguide-logo forestryequipmentguide-logo truckandtrailerguide-logo
    39.96250 \\ -83.00610 \\ Columbus \\ PA