MN OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards of 2022

Is your city meeting OSHA requirements? Are you training your employees? Consider revisiting your
training programs to make sure they are current and being conducted and documented. This will help your city meet OSHA standards and help prevent OSHA citations. MNOSHA recently came out with the most frequently cited standards for all industries for the federal fiscal year 2022:

1. 1926.501: Fall protection in construction
2. 1910.1200/MN Rules 5206.0700: Hazard communication/Right to know
3. Minnesota Statutes 182.653, sub 8: AWAIR
4. 1910.212: Machinery and machine guarding – general requirements
5. 1926.1053: Ladders
6. 1910.134: Respiratory protection
7. 1910.242: Hand and portable powered tools and equipment
8. Minnesota Rules 5206.0116: Carbon monoxide monitoring
9. 1910.147: Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
10. 1926.503: Fall protection training

See fact sheet here.

How can your city ensure training requirements are getting done to help prevent you from receiving OSHA citations?

If you are part of the LMCIT Regional Safety Group (RSG), your RSG coordinator can help ensure compliance and proper training is being met. If you are not part of an RSG and have less than 50 full-time employees and have workers’ compensation coverage through LMCIT, you can qualify to join an RSG. You can find more information here.

Another great affordable option is LMCIT’s NEOGOV, an online safety training program. All LMCIT members can register for this program to gain access to 200 online safety training courses. You can find more information here.

You can also supplement your training with LMCIT’s free streaming safety videos. There is a library of 342 e-learning courses and streaming training videos. Videos range from 2-30 minutes. You can find more information here and browse the library of videos here.


Submitted by: Kate Connell, Loss Control Consultant