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FY2025
13 OSHA and HazCom articles tagged "FY2025" — practical, CFR-cited guidance verified against primary sources.
OSHA Construction Penalties in FY2025: $140.5 Million Proposed, $108.9 Million on the Books
Federal OSHA proposed $140.5 million in penalties to construction employers in FY2025. After informal settlements and contests, $108.9 million remains on record, 22.5% less. Half of the cases were cut, by a median 40%, and the other half weren't touched. Where you are, and what you were cited for, changes the odds.
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.
HazCom on the Jobsite: What OSHA Actually Cited in FY2025 Construction Inspections
On a construction site, OSHA writes the general industry number: 698 HazCom citations under 1910.1200 in FY2025 against 14 under 1926.59, and 356 respirator citations under 1910.134 against none under 1926.103. The paragraph cited most wasn't a missing label. It was the written program.
The Struck-By Paradox: Construction's #2 Killer vs. Where OSHA Actually Cites
Struck-by is the second-leading cause of construction death, yet the equipment behind it — forklifts, vehicles, cranes — is nowhere in OSHA's top-cited construction standards. An original analysis of the FY2025 citation data against the fatality record.
OSHA's Top 10 for FY2025: The Most-Cited Standards as a Syllabus
A data analysis of OSHA's FY2025 most-cited standards: 29 CFR 1926.501 topped the list, 6,772 construction citations sit behind it, and the ten standards together work as an open-book exam. Why that published list is the most useful fact in compliance.
The Anatomy of an OSHA Construction Inspection: A Data-Driven Walkthrough
What actually happens when OSHA inspects a construction site — quantified. In FY2025, 10,793 federal construction inspections produced 26,559 citations and $109.0 million in penalties. This analysis walks the funnel from what triggers a visit to what it finds, why one state agency cites more than six times per inspection and another fewer than twice, and what an inspector sees in the first five minutes.
Construction Safety Enforcement in FY2025: An OSHA Data Analysis
An original analysis of federal OSHA's FY2025 construction enforcement — 26,559 citations and $109.0M in penalties — showing how a single standard, fall protection, drives 41% of the dollars and reshapes where a contractor should spend its safety budget.
The HazCom Enforcement Paradox: #2 Everywhere, 9th in Construction
Hazard Communication is OSHA's second most-cited standard across all industries — yet only ninth in construction. And one state, Maryland, issues nearly as many construction HazCom citations as the entire federal system — 609 against 698, from a single state. An FY2025 data analysis of where the chemical-safety citations actually land.
Every State Has an OSHA Enforcement Signature: A FY2025 Heatmap
Break FY2025 construction citations down by state AND by standard, and a pattern appears that no single ranking captures: every state agency has an enforcement 'signature.' Maryland hammers labels and ladders; Virginia concentrates on scaffolds; Tennessee spreads across chemicals. An original heatmap of where each state cites what.