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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) sets the standards that protect workers from hazards, such as falls, trenching cave-ins, and exposure to infectious diseases or harmful substances like asbestos and lead. Employers are legally required to follow OSHA standards. Some state governments also regulate workplace safety via State Plans, which are OSHA-approved workplace safety and health programs. However, New York State’s Plan only applies to state and local government workers. Thus, New York private sector employers and their workers are covered only by federal OSHA standards. OSHA has the power to conduct inspections and issue citations to employers that violate the applicable standards. There are four categories of violations for which OSHA can cite an employer, in descending order of severity: “Willful”, “Serious”, “Repeated”, and “Other-Than-Serious.”  The following charts include the Willful violations, which are defined as “a violation in which the employer either knowingly failed to comply with a legal requirement (purposeful disregard) or acted with plain indifference to employee safety.”[1]

*From the same inspection
** From the same inspection
*** From the same inspection
****From the same inspection

Source: Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Enforcement Data

[1] Federal Employer Rights and Responsibilities Following an OSHA Inspection-1996 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration