Rank	Regulation	Total Citations	Total Penalties
1	1910.147 – The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).	1,879	$16,990,061
2	1910.212 – General requirements for all machines.	1,296	$10,143,783
3	1910.134 – Respiratory protection.	1,197	$2,050,969
4	1910.1200 – Hazard Communication.	1,157	$2,142,180
5	1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks	1,090	$3,342,394
6	1910.305 – Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use.	529	$1,507,805
7	1910.303 – General.	520	$1,684,333
8	1910.132 – General requirements.	400	$1,377,196
9	1910.219 – Mechanical power-transmission apparatus.	361	$1,725,652
10	1910.95 – Occupational noise exposure.	323	$1,022,826
11	1910.28 – Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection.	289	$1,883,891
12	1910.22 – General requirements.	263	$1,172,206
13	1910.119 – Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.	240	$1,719,284
14	1904.41 – Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA.	240	$240,880
15	5A0001 – General Duty Clause	235	$2,250,316
16	1910.157 – Portable fire extinguishers.	233	$396,000
17	1910.37 – Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes.	216	$505,202
18	1910.215 – Abrasive wheel machinery.	207	$460,411
19	1910.1053 – Respirable crystalline silica.	201	$448,805
20	1910.146 – Permit-required confined spaces.	185	$886,999
21	1910.213 – Woodworking machinery requirements.	183	$752,687
22	1910.107 – Spray finishing using flammable and combustible materials.	176	$365,939
23	1910.151 – Medical services and first aid.	159	$656,882
24	1910.179 – Overhead and gantry cranes.	152	$593,378
25	1904.39 – Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA.	146	$526,795
26	1910.133 – Eye and face protection.	130	$498,062
27	1910.1026 – Chromium (VI).	109	$273,209
28	1910.252 – General requirements.	108	$590,178
29	1910.242 – Hand and portable powered tools and equipment, general.	103	$334,770
30	1910.1025 – Lead.	103	$606,111
31	1904.29 – Forms.	100	$85,903
32	1910.184 – Slings.	98	$380,287
33	1910.217 – Mechanical power presses.	95	$343,547
34	1910.253 – Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting.	92	$302,805
35	1910.106 – Flammable liquids.	84	$287,504
36	1910.176 – Handling materials – general.	78	$403,950
37	1910.29 – Fall protection systems and falling object protection-criteria and practices.	74	$267,388
38	1904.32 – Annual summary.	74	$80,611
39	1910.138 – Hand Protection.	68	$315,108
40	1910.243 – Guarding of portable powered tools.	66	$202,837
41	1910.334 – Use of equipment.	65	$126,736
42	1910.36 – Design and construction requirements for exit routes.	53	$169,183
43	1910.1000 – Air contaminants.	52	$404,570
44	1910.141 – Sanitation.	51	$163,812
45	1904.40 – Providing records to government representatives.	49	$46,874
46	1910.265 – Sawmills.	47	$267,523
47	1910.23 – Ladders.	44	$233,957
48	1910.145 – Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags.	44	$150,241
49	1910.304 – Wiring design and protection.	42	$112,001
50	1926.501 – Duty to have fall protection.	39	$305,135
51	1910.101 – Compressed gases (general requirements).	37	$102,540
52	1926.453 – Aerial lifts.	37	$148,993
53	1910.307 – Hazardous (classified) locations.	36	$117,240
54	1910.38 – Emergency action plans.	34	$80,364
55	1910.1052 – Methylene Chloride.	33	$53,270
56	1910.333 – Selection and use of work practices.	31	$133,943
57	1910.110 – Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases.	31	$94,135
58	1910.120 – Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.	30	$136,311
59	1910.25 – Stairways.	30	$137,245
60	1910.30 – Training requirements.	28	$97,673
61	1904.4 – Recording criteria.	26	$15,941
62	1903.19 – Abatement verification.	25	$13,149
63	1926.451 – General requirements.	24	$92,606
64	1910.1030 – Bloodborne pathogens.	23	$83,104
65	1904.33 – Retention and updating.	22	$17,278
66	1910.335 – Safeguards for personnel protection.	19	$69,069
67	1910.135 – Head protection.	19	$81,167
68	1910.94 – Ventilation.	19	$76,045
69	1910.124 – General requirements for dipping and coating operations.	16	$37,395
70	1910.218 – Forging machines.	16	$57,922
71	1910.272 – Grain handling facilities.	15	$94,756
72	1910.67 – Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms.	15	$51,811
73	1926.503 – Training requirements.	15	$29,411
74	1910.1048 – Formaldehyde.	14	$62,375
75	1910.136 – Foot protection.	14	$35,209
76	1926.1053 – Ladders.	14	$28,891
77	1910.254 – Arc welding and cutting.	13	$71,189
78	1910.332 – Training.	12	$87,273
79	1910.1024 – Beryllium.	12	$23,600
80	1915.73 – Guarding of deck openings and edges.	12	$64,776
81	1910.263 – Bakery equipment.	11	$54,682
82	1910.140 – Personal fall protection systems.	11	$51,186
83	1926.20 – General safety and health provisions.	11	$61,466
84	1926.502 – Fall protection systems criteria and practices.	11	$16,642
85	1910.1001 – Asbestos.	9	$13,465
86	1910.1450 – Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories.	9	$10,714
87	1910.1018 – Inorganic arsenic.	9	$81,923
88	1910.255 – Resistance welding.	9	$46,041
89	1915.71 – Scaffolds or staging.	9	$17,915
90	1910.165 – Employee alarm systems.	8	$37,393
91	1926.100 – Head protection.	8	$30,064
92	1910.27 – Scaffolds and rope descent systems.	7	$28,095
93	1926.21 – Safety training and education.	7	$16,600
94	1910.156 – Fire brigades.	7	$41,407
95	1910.1020 – Access to employee exposure and medical records.	7	$10,000
96	1910.269 – Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution.	7	$12,656
97	1910.261 – Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.	6	$40,718
98	1910.244 – Other portable tools and equipment.	6	$56,260
99	1926.760 – Fall protection.	6	$29,601
100	1926.1203 – General requirements.	6	$38,909