1910.163 Fixed extinguishing systems, water spray and foam

29 CFR 1910.163 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued October 12, 1972 to April 11, 2025 · Data through October 28, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on, except 2002. An edition named as an exception is missing from govinfo's bulk data for that CFR volume, so it could not be checked.

Citations

citation items issued

Inspections

each counted once

Initial penalties

$13,673

as first assessed

Current penalties

$1,710

12.5% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$0median current penalty per citation

$0median initial penalty per citation

21.1%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced

16.9%of citations were contested

OSHA violation type	Citations	Share	Median current	Contested	Initial total	Current total
Other (O)	74	89.2%	$0	17.6%	$1,225	$500
Serious (S)	8	9.6%	$30	12.5%	$12,358	$1,120
Repeat (R)	1	1.2%	$90	0.0%	$90	$90

CitationsPenaltiesContested

Same order as the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a type for all figures.

Other (O)7489.2% share$500current total17.6%contested

Citations: 74
Share: 89.2%
Current total: $500
Initial total: $1,225
Median current: $0
Contested: 17.6%

Serious (S)89.6% share$1,120current total12.5%contested

Citations: 8
Share: 9.6%
Current total: $1,120
Initial total: $12,358
Median current: $30
Contested: 12.5%

Repeat (R)11.2% share$90current total0.0%contested

Citations: 1
Share: 1.2%
Current total: $90
Initial total: $90
Median current: $90
Contested: 0.0%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2025	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
2012	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
2000	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1996	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1992	2	0.00%	2	$0	$0
1980	5	0.00%	5	$0	$60
1979	10	0.01%	10	$0	$0
1978	10	0.01%	8	$0	$130
1977	9	0.00%	8	$0	$360
1976	9	0.00%	9	$0	$90

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

202510.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2025

201210.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2012

200010.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2000

199610.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1996

199220.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1992

198050.00% of all citations5inspections$60current total

Citations: 5
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 5
Current total: $60
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1980

1979100.01% of all citations10inspections$0current total

Citations: 10
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 10
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1979

1978100.01% of all citations8inspections$130current total

Citations: 10
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 8
Current total: $130
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1978

197790.00% of all citations8inspections$360current total

Citations: 9
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 8
Current total: $360
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1977

197690.00% of all citations9inspections$90current total

Citations: 9
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 9
Current total: $90
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1976

Show earlier years

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
1975	11	0.00%	9	$0	$45
1974	15	0.00%	15	$0	$965
1973	7	0.00%	6	$0	$30
1972	1	0.00%	1	$30	$30

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

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1975110.00% of all citations9inspections$45current total

Citations: 11
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 9
Current total: $45
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1975

1974150.00% of all citations15inspections$965current total

Citations: 15
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 15
Current total: $965
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1974

197370.00% of all citations6inspections$30current total

Citations: 7
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 6
Current total: $30
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1973

197210.00% of all citations1inspections$30current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $30
Median current: $30

All records issued in 1972

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1910.163, each inspection counted once.

Complaint (B)3950.6%

Planned (H)3748.1%

Accident (A)11.3%

Cited alongside 1910.163

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 77 inspections citing 1910.163.

1910.3095368.8%

1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)4153.2%

1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus4153.2%

1910.23 Ladders3342.9%

1910.223241.6%

1910.373241.6%

1910.2523039.0%

1910.1782735.1%

1910.1062633.8%

1910.362431.2%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-1022.6%

11-491215.6%

50-2492836.4%

250-9992633.8%

1000+911.7%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Not recorded7090.9%

Private (A)67.8%

Federal (D)11.3%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

2.4% of these citations (2 of 83) come from inspections with an industry code. Coverage varies by decade of issue (see the table), so this view mostly reflects the decades with coded records. NAICS as recorded by DOL on the inspection record.

Industry (NAICS as recorded by DOL, 3 digits)	Citations	Of coded citations
326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	1	50.0%
332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	1	50.0%

326Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing150.0% of coded citations

332Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing150.0% of coded citations

Issued in	Citations	With NAICS	Coverage
1970s	72	0	0.0%
1980s	5	0	0.0%
1990s	3	0	0.0%
2000s	1	0	0.0%
2010s	1	1	100.0%
2020s	1	1	100.0%

Bar: NAICS coverage, on a 0 to 100% scale.

1970s720 with NAICS (0.0%)

1980s50 with NAICS (0.0%)

1990s30 with NAICS (0.0%)

2000s10 with NAICS (0.0%)

2010s11 with NAICS (100.0%)

2020s11 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

OSHA citation code, as recorded	Citations	Current penalties
19100163 C	28	$185
19100163 B03	25	$145
19100163 A	17	$1,380
19100163 B01	5	$0
19100163 A03	3	$0
19100163 A01	1	$0
19100163 B	1	$0
19100163 B02	1	$0
19100163 B03 III	1	$0
19100163 B03 IV	1	$0

19100163 C28$185 current penalties

19100163 B0325$145 current penalties

19100163 A17$1,380 current penalties

19100163 B015$0 current penalties

19100163 A033$0 current penalties

19100163 A011$0 current penalties

19100163 B1$0 current penalties

19100163 B021$0 current penalties

19100163 B03 III1$0 current penalties

19100163 B03 IV1$0 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data

Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1910.163: Fixed extinguishing systems, water spray and foam

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Full Standard Text

29 CFR 1910.163 on OSHA.gov

osha.gov

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

Part 1910 full regulatory text

ecfr.gov

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

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