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1910.166

29 CFR 1910.166 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued December 1, 1972 to October 21, 2010 · Data through November 13, 2026

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Citations
55
citation items issued
Inspections
52
each counted once
Initial penalties
$4,275
as first assessed
Current penalties
$3,150
73.7% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$0median current penalty per citation
$0median initial penalty per citation
35.3%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
16.4%of citations were contested

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

Other (O)4276.4% share$350current total11.9%contested
Citations
42
Share
76.4%
Current total
$350
Initial total
$485
Median current
$0
Contested
11.9%
Serious (S)1323.6% share$2,800current total30.8%contested
Citations
13
Share
23.6%
Current total
$2,800
Initial total
$3,790
Median current
$180
Contested
30.8%

Citations by year issued

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

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

201020.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2010
199710.00% of all citations1inspections$560current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$560
Median current
$560
All records issued in 1997
198910.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1989
198610.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1986
198510.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1985
198420.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1984
198340.00% of all citations4inspections$0current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
4
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1983
198230.00% of all citations3inspections$510current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$510
Median current
$180
All records issued in 1982
198150.00% of all citations5inspections$540current total
Citations
5
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
5
Current total
$540
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1981
198030.00% of all citations1inspections$450current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$450
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1980
Show earlier years

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

197910.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1979
197850.00% of all citations5inspections$550current total
Citations
5
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
5
Current total
$550
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1978
197720.00% of all citations2inspections$240current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$240
Median current
$120
All records issued in 1977
197630.00% of all citations3inspections$145current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$145
Median current
$45
All records issued in 1976
197540.00% of all citations4inspections$0current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
4
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1975
197440.00% of all citations4inspections$45current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
4
Current total
$45
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1974
1973120.01% of all citations12inspections$110current total
Citations
12
Of all citations
0.01%
Inspections
12
Current total
$110
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1973
197210.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1972

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1910.166, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)3159.6%
Complaint (B)1426.9%
Accident (A)611.5%
Programmed Related (I)11.9%

Cited alongside 1910.166

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 52 inspections citing 1910.166.

1910.3092140.4%
1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers2038.5%
1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery1936.5%
1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus1936.5%
1910.221834.6%
1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)1834.6%
1910.23 Ladders1528.8%
1910.1061528.8%
1910.252 General requirements1528.8%
1910.371426.9%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-101121.2%
11-491325.0%
50-2491732.7%
250-999713.5%
1000+47.7%

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

Owner

Not recorded4484.6%
Private (A)611.5%
Local government (B)23.8%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

3.6% of these citations (2 of 55) 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.

113Forestry and Logging150.0% of coded citations
811Repair and Maintenance150.0% of coded citations

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

1970s320 with NAICS (0.0%)
1980s200 with NAICS (0.0%)
1990s10 with NAICS (0.0%)
2010s22 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19100166 B01 I18$745 current penalties
19100166 B0110$90 current penalties
19100166 C034$0 current penalties
19100166 C023$180 current penalties
19100166 D012$0 current penalties
19100166 A1$0 current penalties
19100166 A091$0 current penalties
19100166 B010000I1$540 current penalties
19100166 B01 K1$450 current penalties
19100166 B021$0 current penalties
19100166 B031$0 current penalties
19100166 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.

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Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts are the latest on record and may differ from the initial assessment or the final amount after informal conference, settlement or judicial review. Company pages group records by employer name, city and state as OSHA reported them, not by legal entity (methodology). Found an error? Report it. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.

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