According to our lawyer friends at Sherman & Howard, OSHA enforcement stayed strong in 2007 and is expected to remain steady in 2008. OSHA reported a slight increase in the number of inspections over the last year: 39,324 compared to 38,579 in 2006, but the total number of violations cited in 2007, (88,846) increased from the previous year (83,913). "Serious" violations cited by OSHA were up 9% in 2007. However, the number of "willful" classifications decreased from 479 to 415.In all, OSHA proposed over $91 million in penalties during FY 2007. "Mega-penalty" cases are down from years past. Topping the list, Cintas Corp. in Oklahoma was cited for $2.78 million in penalties, principally for Lockout/tagout violations, followed by Bath Iron Works in Maine with penalties of $441,500.
The top violations cited by OSHA in 2007 were:
1926.501(b)(13) Residential Fall Protection
1910.1200(e)(1) HazCom/General Industry
1926.501(b)(1) Fall Protection
1926.100(a) Head Protection
1926.453(b)(2)(v) Aerial Lifts/Body Belts and Lanyards
1926.451(g)(1) Scaffolds/Fall Protection
1910.212(a)(1) Machine Guarding
1926.503(a)(1) Fall Protection/Training Program
1926.1053(b)(1) Ladders/Portable Ladder Use
Section 5(a)(1) General Duty Clause
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