The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released the top 10 most cited violations for its fiscal year 2021. These citations follow inspections of worksites by federal OSHA. Lack of machine safeguarding once again made the "Top Ten List" of frequently cited safety violations of 2021 with a total of 1,313 violations.
"While machinery plays a critical role in the production process and allows employees to work with less effort, they operate at the dangerous high speeds and pressures required to cut, shred, bend, punch and crush metal," said Joe Nitiss, president/CEO of Rockford Systems, LLC, a premier supplier of machine safeguarding solutions. "Without safeguarding in place, any physical contact with moving parts can result in severe injuries and even death."