OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1918.85 8 times since 2015, against 7 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $35,478 at their current amounts.
Citations per year
The parts of the rule cited most
1918.85(j)(3) · 2 citations
(3) Other exposure to fall hazards. The employer shall ensure that each employee exposed to a fall hazard is protected by a fall protection system meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of this section. Exception: Where the employer can demonstrate that fall protection for an employee would be infeasible or create a greater hazard due to vessel design, container design, container storage, other cargo stowage, container handling equipment, lifting gear, or port conditions, the employer shall alert the affected employee about the fall hazard and instruct the employee in ways to minimize exposure to that hazard.
1918.85(l) · 2 citations
(l) Working along unguarded edges. The employer shall provide, and ensure that the employee use, fall protection meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of this section whenever the employee works along an unguarded edge where a fall hazard exists (see § 1918.2).
1918.85(e) · 1 citations
(e) Suspended containers. The employer shall prohibit employees from working beneath a suspended container.
1918.85(j)(2) · 1 citations
(2) Containers being handled by other hoisting devices. Where containers are being handled by hoisting devices other than container gantry cranes, the employer shall ensure that each employee on top of a container is protected by a fall protection system meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of this section.
1918.85(k)(12) · 1 citations
(12) Before using any fall protection system, the employee shall be trained in the use and application limits of the equipment, proper hookup, anchoring and tie-off techniques, methods of use, and proper methods of equipment inspection and storage.
1918.85(k)(2) · 1 citations
(2) Each fall protection system subjected to impact loading shall be immediately withdrawn from service and not be used again until inspected and determined by a designated person to be undamaged and suitable for use.
Industries cited most
- Transportation and Warehousing 8