As a New Year begins, SAFETY+HEALTH offers data to help paint a picture of the current SAFETY LANDSCAPE.

  • Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926, 501) was OSHA’S most cited standard in FY 2017, with 6,887 violations.
  • The largest penalty OSHA issued to an employer in FY 2017 was $2.6 Million.
  • More than 9  out of 10 worker deaths occur off the job.
  • The regulatory agenda published by the Trump Administration in August 2017 lists 14 OSHA regulations in three different stages:
    • Pre-Rule
    • Proposed Rule
    • Final Rule
      • The Fall 2016 agenda had 30.
  • The National Safety Council estimates that work-related injuries and deaths cost society about $142.5 million every year.
  • The three industries with the most work-related deaths are:
    • Construction
    • Transportation and Warehousing
    • Agriculture
  • According to the results of Safety+Health’s Training Survey, the top 3 reasons for conducting workers safety training are:
    • To reduce injuries and illnesses.
    • To prevent complacency or to refresh
    • To go beyond compliance
  • More than a quarter of respondents to Safety+Health’s 2017 Salary Survey have worked in the safety and health field for more than 25 years.
  • More than 90% of respondents to Safety+Health’s 2017 Job Outlook Survey consider their job “very” or “relatively” stable.
  • Nearly 60% of respondents say they’ve personally observed a shortage of qualified occupational safety and health professionals.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/16462-state-of-safety-2018-data-slideshow