Every year, one of the most-attended presentations on the expo floor at the NSC Congress & Expo is the announcement of the Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations.

This year was no exception as Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the preliminary Top 10 for fiscal year 2018 to an overflowing room.

While the rankings for the most-cited violations don’t vary too much, No. 10 “Eye and Face Protection” (1926.102), a construction standard, appeared on the Top 10 list for the first time.

Kapust emphasized that the data delivered Tuesday is preliminary and may change by the end of the year.

The Top 10 for FY 2018* are:

1. Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501)     7,270

2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200)    4,552

3. Scaffolding (1926.451)              3,336

4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134)        3,118

5. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147)    2,944

6. Ladders (1926.1053)   2,812

7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) 2,294

8. Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503)                      1,982

9. Machine Guarding (1910.212)                1,972

10. Eye and Face Protection (1926.102)                  1,536