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1926.501
2 OSHA and HazCom articles tagged "1926.501" — practical, CFR-cited guidance verified against primary sources.
Data & Research
76% of OSHA's Construction Fall Protection Citations Hit Houses: The FY2025 Data on 1926.501(b)(13)
OSHA's most-cited construction standard is, in practice, a residential roofing and framing rule. In FY2025, 5,142 of 6,778 federal fall protection citations in construction cited one paragraph, 1926.501(b)(13). Roofers took 56% of them, three in four came from planned inspections, and one in five was a repeat.
Sep 29, 2026
14 min read
Data & Research
Why Falls Stay #1: The Convergence of Deaths, Citations, and Dollars
Falls are the leading cause of construction death, the most-cited OSHA standard, and the single largest source of penalty dollars — all at the same time. This analysis shows how three independent datasets converge on one hazard, and why the most-regulated risk in construction is still the one that kills most.
Jul 8, 2026
11 min read