Once again, five of OSHA’s “Top 10” list of safety violations are associated with industrial workplaces. The five most often cited safety OSHA standards for General Industry are:



1.      Hazard Communication (Employee notification and training on workplace chemicals).

2.      Powered Industrial Trucks (Material handling equipment including powered pallet jacks, order pickers, walkies, reach trucks, stand-ups, clamp trucks, and of course, forklifts).

3.      Control of Hazardous Energy (Documented procedures to de-energize equipment before service/repair, and placing equipment temporarily out-of-service - Lockout/Tagout).

4.      Respiratory Protection (Programs and practices to protect workers from dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, and vapors in the workplace).

5.      Machine Guarding (Protections from mechanized equipment hazards including point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips, and sparks).

Interesting to note that OSHA’s “Top 10” list has remained relatively unchanged for many years. This indicates that compliance gaps  with the potential to injure America’s workforce persist in the industrial sector. Savvy Florida manufacturers implement best practices such as facility inspection programs and routine compliance reviews to help ensure OSHA compliance and guard their most valuable resource for success – their employees.