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Most Frequently Cited OSHA General Industry Training Standards for 2002
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA
During fiscal year 2002 (October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002), federal OSHA issued 99,949 citations for a total proposed penalty of $106,539,194. Seventeen general industry standards had 50 or more citations issued for violations of employee training/required information. Listed below are the top ten most cited general industry standards regarding training/information requirements. Also included are number of training/information citations issued, subparagraph cited, and proposed penalty.
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Subparagraph cited and (# of citations)
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1. Hazard communication,
1910.1200 |
2,073 |
(h): Information, Training - General (759);
(h)(1): Information, Training - Specific (988);
(h)(2): Information provided to employees (123);
(h)(3): Training content (203)
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$ 680,627 |
2. Powered industrial trucks,
1910.178 |
1,369 |
(l): Operator Training (275);
(l)(1): Training Safe operation (532);
(l)(2): Training Program Implementation (84);
(l)(3): Training Program Content (64);
(l)(4): Refresher Training and evaluation (100);
(l)(5): Avoidance of duplicative training (3);
(l)(6): Certification (309);
(l)(7): Dates for training (2) |
$ 1,291,342
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3. Respiratory protection,
1910.134 |
945 |
(c)(2): Information for voluntary users (480);
(k)(1): Employees demonstrate knowledge (238);
(k)(2): Training understandable to employee (2);
(k)(3): Training prior to using respirator (91);
(k)(4): Previous training for new employees (1);
(k)(5): Annual retraining (19);
(k)(6): Employee access to Appendix D (114) |
$ 144,076
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4. Lockout/tagout,
1910.147 |
741 |
(c)(7): Training for Affected, Authorized and Other employees (741) |
$ 796,245 |
5. Fire extinguishers,
1910.157 |
587 |
(g)(1): Training in incipient stage fires (273);
(g)(2): Initial and annual training (277);
(g)(3): Designated personnel (11);
(g)(4): Annual training designated personnel (26) |
$ 289,973
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6. Bloodborne pathogens,
1910.1030 |
312 |
(g)(2): Employees with occupational exposure (312) |
$ 213,911 |
7. PPE,
1910.132 |
263 |
(f)(1): Training for employees using PPE (174);
(f)(2): Demonstrate understanding of training (3);
(f)(3): Retraining (2);
(f)(4): Written certification of training (84) |
$ 64,800
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8. Logging operations,
1910.266 |
240 |
(i)(1): Training for all employees (6);
(i)(2): Training frequency (4);
(i)(3): Training content (77);
(i)(5): Portability of training (7);
(i)(6): Supervision of new employees(2);
(i)(7): First aid training for all employees (75);
(i)(8): Training by designated person (1);
(i)(10): Certification of training (57);
(i)(11): Monthly safety and health meetings (11) |
$ 86,975
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9. Lead,
1910.1025 |
170 |
(l)(1): Information Appendices A and B (150);
(l)(2): Information and training materials (20) |
$ 79,595
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10. Occupational noise exposure,
1910.95 |
145 |
(k)(1): Train employees > 85 decibels TWA (98);
(k)(2): Annual retraining (30);
(k)(3): Training content (17) |
$ 14,000
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If you have any questions concerning this article or other safety issues, please contact W. Jon Wallace at 919.933.5548 or by
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