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Our OSHA compliance specialists working as
your corporate safety director provide the following:
Below is a top ten list of the most cited
constructions standards against non complying employers
| Standards |
§1926 unless noted |
| 59 (e)(1) |
Written Hazards Communication Program |
| 59(h) |
Employee training-Hazard communication |
| 59(g)(1) |
MSDS for hazardous chemicals |
| 1903.2(a)(1) |
OSHA poster |
| 59)g)(8) |
Accessible copies of MSDS |
| 21(b)(2) |
Safety training/recognition of unsafe conditions |
| 500(d)(1) |
Guarding open sided floors |
| 100(a) |
Head protection |
| 404(b)(1)(i) |
Ground fault protection |
| 404(f)(6) |
Electrical grounding |
"Fatalities and injuries due to accidents continue to besiege the construction industry. In an effort to help employers, employees and OSHA compliance personnel identify hazards that are causing accidents."
Top Ten most cited OSHA construction standards
related to physical hazards 1991
| Standard |
|
| 500(d)(1) |
Fall protection |
| 100(a) |
PPE |
| 404(b)(1)(i) |
Electrical, ground fault protection |
| 404(f)(6) |
Electrical, path to ground missing |
| 652(a)(1) |
Trench/excavation |
| 451(d)(10) |
Scaffolding |
| 28(a) |
PPE appropriate PPE used for specific operation |
| 1052(c)1) |
Ladders/stairways |
| 152(a)1) |
Fire protection |
| 25(a) |
General provisions, general housekeeping |
§1903 Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties
§1903.1
The Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health ACT of 1970 (84 Stat.1590 et seq., 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) requires, in part that every employer covered under the ACT furnish to his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
The Act also requires that employers comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the Act, and that employees comply with the standards, rules, regulations and orders issued under the Act which are applicable to their own actions.
§1903.2
Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Depart. Of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided in the Act
§1903.3
Authority for inspection
(a) Compliance Safety and Health Officers of the Department of Labor are authorized to enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant, establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; to inspect and investigate during regular working hours and at other reasonable times
§1903.5
Entry not a waiver
Any permission to enter, inspect, review records, or question any person, shall not imply or be conditioned upon waiver of any cause of action, citation, or penalty under the Act. Compliance, Safety and Health Officers are not authorized to grant any such waiver.
§1903.6
(a) Advance notice of inspections may not be given, except in the following situations:
(1) In cases of apparent imminent danger
(2) In circumstances where the inspection can be most effectively conducted after regular business hours
