All programs

Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 across all program areas:

  1. Workplace violence and harassment—11,662
  2. Fall protection—9,658
  3. Lack of personal protective equipment—8,318
  4. Improper access and egress—6,472
  5. Health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee—6,239
  6. Administrative—6,007
  7. Basic occupational health and safety awareness training—5,232
  8. Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—4,846
  9. Lack of machine/equipment guarding—4,276
  10. Housekeeping/work surfaces—4,269

Industrial/health care

Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in industrial/health care:

  1. Workplace violence and harassment—11,389
  2. Health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee—5,428
  3. Administrative—5,355
  4. Basic occupational health and safety awareness training—4,704
  5. Lack of equipment, material and protective device maintenance—3,649
  6. Lack of machine/equipment guarding—3,562
  7. Improper material handling—2,480
  8. Housekeeping/work surfaces—2,384
  9. Other equipment—2,228
  10. Lack of training—1,806

Construction

Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in construction:

  1. Fall protection—8,550
  2. Lack of personal protective equipment—7,483
  3. Improper access and egress—5,784
  4. Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—4,224
  5. Housekeeping/work surfaces—1,856
  6. Electrical hazards—1,776
  7. Other equipment—1,572
  8. Struck by objects or other equipment—759
  9. Lack of machine/equipment guarding—746
  10. Improper material handling—733

Mining

Top ten health and safety violations in 2017 in mining:

  1. Conveyors—751
  2. Lack of equipment, material and protective device maintenance—417
  3. Traffic management—332
  4. Lack of machine/equipment guarding—283
  5. Electrical hazards—233
  6. Improper access and egress—212
  7. Risk assessment—119
  8. Roads on surface—113
  9. Administrative—98
  10. Improper use/maintenance of ladders/scaffolding—70