OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1910.144 216 times since 2015, against 212 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $364,761 at their current amounts.
Citations per year
The parts of the rule cited most
1910.144(a)(3) · 163 citations
(3) Yellow. Yellow shall be the basic color for designating caution and for marking physical hazards such as: Striking against, stumbling, falling, tripping, and “caught in between.”
1910.144(a)(1)(iii) · 52 citations
(iii) Stop. Emergency stop bars on hazardous machines such as rubber mills, wire blocks, flat work ironers, etc., shall be red. Stop buttons or electrical switches which letters or other markings appear, used for emergency stopping of machinery shall be red.
1910.144(a)(1)(ii) · 1 citations
(ii) Danger. Safety cans or other portable containers of flammable liquids having a flash point at or below 80 °F, table containers of flammable liquids (open cup tester), excluding shipping containers, shall be painted red with some additional clearly visible identification either in the form of a yellow band around the can or the name of the contents conspicuously stenciled or painted on the can in yellow. Red lights shall be provided at barricades and at temporary obstructions. Danger signs shall be painted red.
Industries cited most
- Manufacturing 58
- Public Administration 31
- Construction 29
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 28
- Utilities 24
- Transportation and Warehousing 15
States cited most
- New Jersey 75
- New York 68
- North Carolina 14
- Georgia 7
- Alabama 6
- Texas 6
- Massachusetts 5
- Tennessee 5
Recently cited employers
- Buncombe County Schools - Transportation Woodfin, NC · Sep 11, 2026
- Lenape Regional High School District Medford, NJ · Jul 10, 2026
- Township of Ocean Department of Public Works Waretown, NJ · Jun 8, 2026
- Ipswich Shellfish Co., Inc. Ipswich, MA · Jun 8, 2026
- Borough of Pennington Department of Public Works Pennington, NJ · Apr 15, 2026
- Morris Hills Regional School District Rockaway Borough, NJ · Mar 26, 2026
- City of Burlington - Sewage Treatment Plant Burlington, NJ · Mar 16, 2026
- Henry Molded Products, Inc. Lebanon, PA · Jan 21, 2026
- Machias Town Hall Machias, NY · Jan 7, 2026
- Westside Foods Bronx, NY · Dec 29, 2025
- Coats Garage, Inc. Garner, NC · Dec 19, 2025
- Borough of Magnolia DPW Magnolia, NJ · Dec 15, 2025