Top health and safety violations
All programs
Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 across all program areas:
- Workplace violence and harassment—11,662
- Fall protection—9,658
- Lack of personal protective equipment—8,318
- Improper access and egress—6,472
- Health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee—6,239
- Administrative—6,007
- Basic occupational health and safety awareness training—5,232
- Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—4,846
- Lack of machine/equipment guarding—4,276
- Housekeeping/work surfaces—4,269
Industrial/health care
Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in industrial/health care:
- Workplace violence and harassment—11,389
- Health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee—5,428
- Administrative—5,355
- Basic occupational health and safety awareness training—4,704
- Lack of equipment, material and protective device maintenance—3,649
- Lack of machine/equipment guarding—3,562
- Improper material handling—2,480
- Housekeeping/work surfaces—2,384
- Other equipment—2,228
- Lack of training—1,806
Construction
Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in construction:
- Fall protection—8,550
- Lack of personal protective equipment—7,483
- Improper access and egress—5,784
- Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—4,224
- Housekeeping/work surfaces—1,856
- Electrical hazards—1,776
- Other equipment—1,572
- Struck by objects or other equipment—759
- Lack of machine/equipment guarding—746
- Improper material handling—733
Mining
Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in mining:
- Conveyors—751
- Lack of equipment, material and protective device maintenance—417
- Traffic management—332
- Lack of machine/equipment guarding—283
- Electrical hazards—233
- Improper access and egress—212
- Risk assessment—119
- Roads on surface—113
- Administrative—98
- Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—70